Dvesha (Sanskrit, also dveṣa; Pali: dosa; Tibetan: zhe sdang) - is a Buddhist term that is translated as "aversion", "aggression", "anger", etc. It can be defined as a fear of getting what we don't want, or not getting what we do want. Dvesha (dosa) is identified in the following contexts within the Buddhist teachings:
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:
In the Visuddhimagga (II, Book I, Part IX, Chapter III, 257) defines dosa as follows:
Nina van Gorkom explains:
Within the Mahayana tradition, dvesha is the wish to avoid something, to separate from it, to reject it. The source of both raga (attachment) and dvesha (aversion) is avidya (ignorance).
Mingyur Rinpoche explains:
Geshe Tashi Tsering states:
Alexandar Berzin states:
Sarangi geureohji eogim eobshi geureohji dashi nal tteonaryeo hajyo
Ibyeori geureohji eogim eobshi geureohji sarangeul deryeo ganeyo
Wae nal tteonaryeo hajyo geudae mameural su eobseo
Babo cheoreom gireureun aicheoreom chamateon nun mulmani heureune
Hwajangeul dashi gochyeodo nae nunmullo beonjigo maljyo
Eollukjin moseubi shilheo geudae eolgul boji mothaejyo
Ulgineun shilheunde majimak nae moseup monaji anhke
Ugo shipeunde geureoji mothae mianhae
Jeongmal joha neunde neol tteonalsu isseulkka ajik neol sarang haneunde
Angamyeon andwenayo jeongmal ireogin shilheunde
Babo cheoreom ttesseuneun ai cheoreom chamateon nunmul mani heureune
Hwajangeul dashi gochyeodo nae nunmullo beonjigo maljyo
Eollukjin moseubi shilheo geudae eolgul boji mothaejyo
Ulgineun shilheunde majimak nae moseup monaji anhke
Ugo shipeunde geureoji mothae mianhae
Maeil jeonhwa haeseo nal chaeng gyeojugo
Appa cheoreom gamssajun geudae yeojyo
Ijeneun andwe gejyo nae ilbuteo urin namil tende
Moreun cheokha myeo geureohke saraya gejyo
Ibsureul magabo ado nae ibsullo saeyeona ojyo
Gajima ihan madiga jakku jakku saeyeona ojyo
Bujapgi shilheunde tteonaneun bal georeum eoryeopji anhke
Uneun eolgullo bonaeji mothae mianhae