Monday, November 28, 2011

The 4 Personalities!

Some 4-fold Characterizations of Personalities!



There are these 4 types of Human Personality:
1: One possessed by Greed, Desire, and Lust...
2: One possessed by Hate, Anger, and Aversion...
3: One possessed by Confusion, Doubt & Ignorance...
4: One possessed by Pride, Conceit, and Arrogance...

1: One who has learned little, but who does not act upon it...
2: One who has learned little, who does indeed act upon it...
3: One who has learned much, but who does not act upon it...
4: One who has learned much, who does indeed act upon it...

1: One drifting along with the stream, driven by craving...
2: One going against the stream of ordinary convention...
3: One remaining stuck in the middle of deep stagnation...
4: One who has reached the far shore and now dwells in fruition...

1: One who attains calm, but not insight...
2: One who attains insight, but not calm...
3: One who attains neither calm, nor insight...
4: One who attains both calm and insight...



More on Buddhist Personality Analysis:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Human_Types.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_7_Persons.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Nine_Supremes.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Four_Personalities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Ideal_Person.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_9_Supremes_Explained.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Persons_similar_to_Trees.htm

Source:
The 4th Abhi-Dhamma Book: The Personality Concept: Puggala-Paññatti. 25-27
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=130096

Have a nice & noble day!


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