Ūnamāna
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ūnamāna (T. cung-zad snyam-pa’i nga-rgyal) ང་རྒྱལ་ལས་ཀྱང་ང་རྒྱལ་) is translated as "modest arrogance," "arrogance of thinking small," etc.
This is a type of arrogance/conceit (māna) that thinks "I am just a little be lesser," in relation to someone who is far superior us.[1]
StudyBuddhism states:
- "Modest arrogance" or "arrogance of thinking small" is a puffed-up mind that feels that I am just a little bit inferior compared to someone vastly superior to myself in some quality, but still superior to almost everyone else.[2]
Tsepak Rigdzin states:
- "Modest pride" [is] a feeling that though you may be equal with your friends you are a little better than them.[3]
The Khenjuk states:
- "Arrogant conceit" is to think, "I may be slightly inferior to those who are especially exalted, yet I am still excellent!"[4]
Notes
- ↑ Dalai Lama & Thubten Chodron 2018b, Chapter 3, section "Arrogance".
- ↑ Berzin, s.v. Mental factors.
- ↑
ང་རྒྱལ་བདུན་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2000, s.v. Chapter 13, line 60.
Sources
Berzin, Alexander (ed.), Primary Minds and the 51 Mental Factors, StudyBuddhism
Dalai Lama; Thubten Chodron (2018b), Saṃsāra, Nirvāṇa, and Buddha Nature, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, Volume 3, Wisdom Publications- Mipham Rinpoche (2000), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. II, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
