【英汉对照佛学词典】

善根


'Good roots,' 'virtuous roots.' Good causal actions that bring good rewards. Good actions, with the roots of a tree used as a metaphor for goodness. In Abhidharma-ko/sa theory, the basis for the entrance into the "Path of Seeing" 见道 by the practitioner, where she/he arises undefiled wisdom (Skt. ku/sala-mu^la; Pali kusala-mu^la). There are generally considered to be three of these: absence of covetousness 贪, absence of antipathy 嗔, and absence of ignorance 癡.