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[2303] nyes skyon nam nongs pa/ ... skyon mtshang rtol ba/ ... mi ngan gyi nyes mtshang brtol ba/ ...

DM

nyes pa che ba. Gces 586.6. skyon nam nyes pa che ba. Btsan-lha. For this syllable, in various compounds, see Chödag. gdams pa'i mtshang ma rig na kun gyi gnad myi rtogs. Despite what the dictionaries say, when Phadampa uses the word he doesn't mean 'fault,' but something more like 'true essentials' or 'deep implications.' Zhi-byed Coll. II 239.6. zab mo don gyi mtshang go bas / rnal 'byor pa gsang ba'i mdzod rtol. Ibid. 234.1. Ibid. II 246.5-6. rtsa ba'i mtshang ma rig na sde snod don spyi yin. Ibid. II 278.3. nyams su len ma myong ba'i myis skad cig ma'i mtshang myi shes. Ibid. II 459.2. skad cig ma'i mtshang ma rig na 'gro 'ong myed pa'i don myi rtogs. Ibid. II 460.1. skad cig ma'i mtshang ma rig na / chos bden myed du go yang / rang rgyud pa'i blo myi 'dzad. Ibid. II 462.4. bla ma'i ngo sprod ma thob na / mdo' rgyud stan chos bltas kyang / mtshang myed pas zab mo'i gdam ngag myi go. Ibid. II 463.1. 'khrul pa khong du zhig la mtshang gi gdams pa yod. Ibid. I 321.4. dred po chos rgyus can la gdam ngag gi mtshang myed. Ibid. II 189.1. smyig rgyu'i mtshang shes pas chu'i 'du shes myi skye ba dang 'dra. Zhi-byed Coll. V 273.2.

JV

that evil which is hidden in a person's heart or disposition, pent-up faults, secret sins, irritation, suppressed wrath, defects, hidden recesses, hidden dimensions, weak point

IW

faults, defects, deception, transgression, crime, wrong-doing

RB

hidden flaw/ weakness

RY

faults, defects / deception; secret faults; faults, sins; defects, essence; hidden flaw; hidden faults, secret sins; hidden foundation/ underlying implicit harm