kilesa

In Buddhism, the Pali word Kilesa (Sanskrit: kleśha or klesa) is used to mean "defilements", "corruptions" or "poisons". These are mental states which temporarily cloud the mind's nature and manifest in various forms as unskillful actions of body, speech, and mind. Three main kinds of kilesa are:lobha: greed, lust (rāga), attachment.dosa: hatred, aversion.moha: delusion, sloth, ignorance (avijjā). (These three kilesha are known as The Three Poisons in Mahayana Buddhism.
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