The Sanskrit term Akuśalacaitasika can be transliterated into English as Akusalacaitasika or Akushalacaitasika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Akushalachaitasika.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Akuśalacaitasika (अकुशलचैतसिक) refers to “bad mental (events)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 39).—Accordingly, “[The knowledge of the retribution of actions (karmavipāka-jñānabala)].—[...] According to the Karmavibhaṅgasūtra: ‘[It may also happen] that a man who has done a good deed takes rebirth in a bad place. If the good action done by the honest man during the present lifetime has not yet ripened and if a bad deed done by him during an earlier lifetime is already ripe, then, for that reason and although he is doing good actions presently, he is reborn in a bad place. Or also if, at the moment of his death, a bad mind and bad mental events (akuśalacaitasika-dharma) arise in him, then, for that reason he takes rebirth in a bad place. [...]’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Akusala, Caitasika.

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