Hi Steve -
No need to take any test. For at least 25 years I have been aware that I am of the same temperament type as you are. There has been a slight mellowing with age. ;-) --ED --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > Hi ED. LOL! You are a man who obviously knows how to research topics online! Tell me, did you take the Tricycle Test? And if you did, what type are you? Steve --- In [email protected] </group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=xJvOEmXZRIENvM8rDUlKWguoqWjV-Tf33w3IFxcX5N\ idlse7m66gK77fY15QYERihFoBqZ1SOu8qEOsMaOZj> , "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > Steve, > > Yes, I am interested in chatting about these ancient Buddhist > personality temperaments and their application to practice. > > --ED > "... the Buddhist personality types, a 1,600-year old system of typology > set forth in the Visuddhimagga, or "The Path of Purification," > which summarizes and interprets the teachings in the Pali canon. > > One of the principal non-canonical works, the Visuddhimagga was composed > eight centuries after the Buddha's death and has been attributed to > Buddhaghosa, the great fifth century Theravada commentator. > > The discussion of Buddhist personality types arises in the chapter on > choosing a meditation object on which to focus during concentration > practice; the types are described as part of Buddhaghosa's > commentary on the canonical text that explains that a teacher should > give instructions that "suit the temperament" of the student. > > The Visuddhimagga offers descriptions of six personality temperaments: > three unwholesome types and three wholesome types. The text suggests > that the unwholesome and wholesome types "parallel" each other. > > The modern-day application of the personality-type system focuses > primarily on the three unwholesome types and pairs them with their > positive attributes. > > The three types of Buddhist personalities, paired with their positive > tendencies, are Greed/Faith, Aversive/Discerning Wisdom, and > Deluded/Speculative. > > The Greed/Faith personality type is characterized by craving and > optimism, the Aversive/Discerning type by criticism and clarity, and the > Deluded/Speculative type by doubt and equanimity. > > Each type has its neurotic tendencies and its awakened tendencies, and > the spiritual task is to learn how to strengthen the awakened aspects." > > http://www.tricycle.com/feature/which-buddhist-personality-type-are-you <http://www.tricycle.com/feature/which-buddhist-personality-type-are-you\ >
