KhuddakavatthuvibhaṅgaMavmenabarivāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 954

[954] Therein, what is shamelessness (ahirika)? That which is absence of shame at what one ought to be ashamed of, absence of shame at the attainment (samāpatti) of evil, unwholesome phenomena (dhammā) — this is called shamelessness. Therein, what is lack of moral dread (anottappa)? That which is absence of dread at what one ought to dread, absence of dread at the attainment of evil, unwholesome phenomena — this is called lack of moral dread. Therein, what is heedlessness (pamāda)? In bodily misconduct, or in verbal misconduct, or in mental misconduct, or in the five strands of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa): the letting loose (vossagga) of the mind (citta), the repeated giving of it over to letting loose; or, in the development (bhāvanā) of wholesome phenomena: acting without care, acting without constancy, acting without steadfastness, slack conduct, the laying down of zeal (chanda), the laying down of the task, non-pursuance, non-development, non-cultivation, non-resolution, non-application, heedlessness — any heedlessness of such a kind, the act of being heedless, the state of being heedless: this is called heedlessness.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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