What is "ahrikya"

Āhrīkya (Sanskrit; Pali: ahirika; Tibetan phonetic: ngotsa mepa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "lack of shame", "lack of conscience", etc. In the Theravada tradition, ahirika is defined as the absence of disgust at physical or verbal misconduct. In the Mahayana tradition, āhrīkya is defined as not restraining from wrongdoing due to one's own conscience.

Āhrīkya is identified as:

• One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
• One of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings