What is "pramada"

Pramāda (Sanskrit; Tibetan phonetic: bakmepa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "heedlessness", "carelessness", etc. In the Mahayana tradition, pramāda is defined to not apply oneself earnestly and carefully to adopting a wholesome attitude and abandoning unwholesome actions.

Pramāda is identified as:

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

Pramada (negligence, carelessness) is the root cause of all pains and problems afflicting all human-beings. Adhyatma Upanishad. 14, terms Pramada as death itself.