From: Piya Tan
Message: 9809
Date: 2006-01-16
>To convey the twin notions of nibbidaa being a state ofPiya Tan
>wisdom-produced revulsion and yet not a hate-rooted
>affection, I know of no better word than "displacency".
>Unfortunately, by the 19th century the meaning of this word
>had changed to "incivility", and in the present degenerate
>age it has become entirely obsolete.
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>Still, it might be worth reviving. For a delightful 18th
>century example, see the opening paragraph of part II of Sir
>Thomas Browne's _Christian Morals_ :
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>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/cmorals/cmorals2.html
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>Another possibility is "disrelish". This has an advantage
>over displacency, in that it can also be used as a verb
>(with "displacency" it's hard to know what to use for
>nibbindati).
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>Best wishes,
>Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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