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What Pali term most closely represents the concept of "inner conflict"?
From PTS Pali-English dictionary search on "agitation":
Āvilatta Āvilatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. āvila] confusion, disturbance, agitation Sn 967; Nd1 488.
Āluḷa Āluḷa (adj. [fr. ā + lul] being ...
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What Pali term most closely represents the concept of "inner conflict"?
In pali, Lola means agitate.
Example, I agitated between doing good to a robber or doing bad to a robber.
From PTS Pali-English dictionary entry on lola:
Lola (Loḷa) Lola (Loḷa) (adj.) [fr. luḷ: see ...
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What Pali term most closely represents the concept of "inner conflict"?
You are correct.
The concept of conflict (or clash or mismatch) is subsumed under the concept of dukkha or dukkhata.
If you think about it, there's no suffering distinct from (apart from) conflict. ...
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