Vicikitsa

Translations of vicikitsa
English	doubt indecision skepticism indecisive wavering
Pali	vicikicchā
Sanskrit	विचिकित्सा (vicikitsā)
Tibetan	ཐེ་ཚོམ་ (Wylie: the tshom; THL: tétsom)
Glossary of Buddhism

Vicikitsa (Sanskrit, also vicikitsā; Pali: vicikicchā; Tibetan Wylie: the tshom) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "doubt" or "indecision". It is defined as being of two minds about the meaning of the four noble truths; it functions as a basis for not becoming involved with wholesome activities.

Vicikitsa is identified as:

Nina van Gorkom explains:

The Atthasālinī (II, Part IX, Chapter III, 259) defines vicikicchā as follows:

The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:

Herbert Guenther explains:

Alexander Berzin explains:

Chogyam Trungpa states that vicikitsa (doubt) means "you do not trust any possible alternatives and do not want advice or any way out". This includes doubting the teachings, the teacher, and the dharma, as well as the norms of everyday existence.

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