User:Dorje~enwiki/Virtuous mental factors (Theravada Buddhism)

The twenty-five virtuous mental factors (Pali: sobhana cetasikas) are a category of mental states among the 50 mental factors within Theravada Buddhism. They are so-called because they are virtuous states of mind or factors that can act as antidotes against destructive emotions. They are: * Nineteen universal beautiful mental factors (sobhanasādhāraṇa):
 * Faith (saddhā)
 * Mindfulness (sati)
 * Shame at doing evil (hiri)
 * Regard for consequence (ottappa)
 * Lack of greed (alobha)
 * Lack of hatred (adosa)
 * Balance, neutrality of mind (tatramajjhattatā)
 * Tranquillity of mental body (kāyapassaddhi)
 * Tranquillity of consciousness (cittapassaddhi)
 * Lightness of mental body (kāyalahutā)
 * Lightness of consciousness (cittalahutā)
 * Softness/malleability of mental body (kāyamudutā)
 * Softness/malleability of consciousness (cittamudutā)
 * Readiness/wieldiness of mental body (kāyakammaññatā)
 * Readiness/wieldiness of consciousness (cittakammaññatā)
 * Proficiency of mental body (kāyapāguññatā)
 * Proficiency of consciousness (cittapāguññatā)
 * Straightness/rectitude of mental body (kāyujukatā)
 * Straightness/rectitude of consciousness (cittujukatā)
 * Three Abstinences (virati):
 * Right speech (sammāvācā)
 * Right action (sammākammanta)
 * Right livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
 * Two Illimitables (appamañña):
 * Compassion (karuṇā)
 * Sympathetic joy (muditā)
 * One Faculty of wisdom (paññindriya):
 * Wisdom (paññā)