[Buddha-l] Buddhist Personality Types

[R B Basham]

Denizens,

Tricycle announced the Spring Online Edition with a 'What Buddhist
Personality Are You?' quiz according to commentary by Buddhaghosa.

http://www.tricycle.com/feature/which-buddhist-personality-type-are-you

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The Visuddhimagga offers descriptions of six personality temperaments:
three unwholesome types and three wholesome types. The text suggests
that the unwholesome and wholesome types “parallel” each other. The
modern-day application of the personality-type system focuses primarily
on the three unwholesome types and pairs them with their positive
attributes. The three types of Buddhist personalities, paired with their
positive tendencies, are Greed/Faith, Aversive/Discerning Wisdom, and
Deluded/Speculative. The Greed/Faith personality type is characterized
by craving and optimism, the Aversive/Discerning type by criticism and
clarity, and the Deluded/Speculative type by doubt and equanimity. Each
type has its neurotic tendencies and its awakened tendencies, and the
spiritual task is to learn how to strengthen the awakened aspects. (See
page 78 for descriptions of the spiritual tasks for each personality
type.)

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