# Alobha

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{{Short description|Buddhist term}}
{{Buddhist term
| fontsize=100%
| title=Alobha
| pi= {{langx|pi|label=none|𑀅𑀮𑁄𑀪|alobha}}
| sa= alobha
| en= non-attachment,<br/> without attachment
| vi= Vô tham
| bo= མ་ཆགས་པ།
| bo-Latn=[Wylie](/source/Wylie_transliteration): ma chags pa; <br />[THL](/source/THL_Simplified_Phonetic_Transcription): machakpa
| ko = [무탐](/source/%3Ako%3A%EB%AC%B4%ED%83%90)
| ko-Latn = mutam
| zh=無貪(T) / 无贪(S)
|id=tanpa-keserakahan}}
{{Cetasika|beautiful}}
'''Alobha''' (Sanskrit, Pali; Tibetan Wylie: ''ma chags pa'') is a [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) term translated as "non-attachment" or "non-greed". It is defined as the absence of attachment or desire towards worldly things or worldly existence. It causes one to not engage in unwholesome actions.<ref name=g1>Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 536-537.</ref><ref name=eric1>Kunsang (2004), p. 25.</ref>  It is one of the virtuous [mental factors](/source/Mental_factors_(Buddhism)) within the [Abhidharma](/source/Abhidharma) teachings. 

The [Abhidharma-samuccaya](/source/Abhidharma-samuccaya) states: 

:What is alobha? It is not to be attached to a mode of life and all that is involved with it. It functions in providing the basis for not being caught up in non-virtuous action.<ref name="g1"/>

== See also ==
* [Adosa](/source/Adve%E1%B9%A3a) (Non-hatred)
* [Amoha](/source/Amoha) (Non-delusion)
* [Buddhist paths to liberation](/source/Buddhist_paths_to_liberation)
* [Mental factors (Buddhism)](/source/Mental_factors_(Buddhism))

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [Guenther, Herbert V.](/source/Herbert_V._Guenther) &  Leslie S. Kawamura (1975), ''Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Necklace of Clear Understanding"''. Dharma Publishing. Kindle Edition.
* [Kunsang, Erik Pema](/source/Erik_Pema_Kunsang) (translator) (2004). ''Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. 1''. North Atlantic Books.

== External links ==
* [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/ma_chags_pa Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry for ''ma_chags_pa'']

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Category:Sanskrit words and phrases

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