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doubt

  1. the tshom/ 

    Biblical: doubt, suspicion, uncertainty, or hesitation (KTM), in both secular and religious senses (AMD): 1) uncertainty or doubt: khyed kyis the tshom med par dad pa byed na/  if you have faith and do not doubt (Mt. 21:21); 2) the tshom byed pa/  to be skeptical, hesitant, or disbelieving: kha cig gis the tshom byas/  some doubted (Mt. 28:17), dad chung khyod/,,the tshom ci la byas/  you of little faith, why did you doubt? (Mt. 14:31); 3) the tshom skye ba/  to have doubts arise: the tshom skyed mkhan des za na/  if the one who doubts eats (Rom. 14:23 SV), the tshom ci la skyed/  why do doubts arise in your minds? (Lk. 24:38); 4) the tshom za/  = the tshom skye ba/  to have doubts: the tshom za bas de dag la bslab bya ston cig instruct those who doubt (Jude 22 SV); 5) the tshom shar ba/  to have doubts arise, to doubt inadvertently (KTM).

    Buddhist: the tshom/  to question the basic precepts of Bsm; one of the six root afflictions (KBT 19). the tshom gsum/  are the three types of doubt: don 'gyur gyi the tshom/  doubt which inclines towards its object, don mi 'gyur gyi the tshom/  doubt which inclines away from its object, and cha mnyam pa'i the tshom/  evenly balanced doubt (TRI 123).

    Secular: 'phrul bzo rig gnas gong 'phel byung yod par the tshom med/  no doubt about the increase in our technology (DLP 2), rgyal spyi'i khrims srol rang thag rang gcod kyi thob thang yod pa'i sgo nas chos srid rang dbang gtsang ma'i dpal pa spyod thub rgyur the tshom med/  there can be no doubt about our ability to enjoy the glory of full religious and secular independence via the principle of self-determination encompassed in international legal tradition (RRT 282 n. 22).

  2. rnam rtog

    Biblical: suspicion, doubt: rnam rtog can gyis za na/  if the one who doubts eats (Rom. 14:23).

    Buddhist: 1) in spoken language a superstition, or bad omen (e.g. the accidental breaking of a teacup being an omen that something bad has happened) (AMD); 2) rnam rtog in philosophy is an obstacle or obscuration rnam rtog med na sangs rgyas yin/,,rnam rtog yin na sangs rgyas med/  if there is not obscuration, there is buddhahood, if there is obscuration, there is no buddhahood (KTM).