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Thina
Thīna (Sanskrit, Pāli: थीन thīna) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "sloth". Thīna is defined as sluggishness or dullness of mind, characterized by a lack of driving power. In the Theravada tradition, thīna is said to occur in conjunction with middha (torpor), which is defined as a morbid state that is characterized by unwieldiness, lack of energy, and opposition to wholesome activity. The two mental factors in conjunction are expressed as thīna-middha (sloth-torpor).
Thīna is identified as:
- One of the five hindrances to meditation practice (in combination with middha, i.e. as sloth-torpor)
- One of the fourteen unwholesome mental factors within the Theravada Abhidharma teachings
- Closely related to the Sanskrit term kausīdya (spiritual sloth), that is identified as one of the twenty secondary unwholesome factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings