| Translations of Middha | |
|---|---|
| English | torpor sleep drowsiness |
| Sanskrit | मिद्ध (middha) |
| Pali | middha |
| Burmese | မိဒ္ဓ |
| Chinese | 睡眠 (T) / 睡眠 (S) 眠 (T) / 眠 (S) |
| Indonesian | kantuk; kelambanan |
| Khmer | មិទ្ឋៈ (UNGEGN: mettheak) |
| Korean | 수면, 면 (RR: sumyeon, myeon) |
| Tibetan | གཉིད། (Wylie: gnyid; THL: nyi) |
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Middha (Sanskrit: मिद्ध; Pali: मिद्ध ; Tibetan phonetic: nyi) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "torpor", "drowsiness", "sleep", etc. In the Theravada tradition, middha is defined as a morbid state that is characterized by unwieldiness, lack of energy, and opposition to wholesome activity.[1] In the Mahayana tradition, middha is defined as a mental factor that causes the mind to draw inward, lose discrimination between wholesome and unwholesome activities, and drop out of activities altogether.[2][3]
Middha is identified as:
- One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
- One of the four changeable mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings
- One of the five hindrances to meditation (in combination with thīna)
- ^ Bhikkhu Bodhi (2003), p. 84
- ^ Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 1009-1011.
- ^ Kunsang (2004), p. 28.