Greedy, Aversive, Or Deluded? Find Out Here !

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    When you go to a friend’s house for the first time, what is the first thing you notice? 

    • The handsome Sub-Zero fridge you’d love to have in your own kitchen.
    • The cluttered living room that would be much more welcoming if she got rid of a few chairs and rearranged the rest.
    • You don’t notice much, and when you go home you can’t remember a single piece of furniture.
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The Visuddhimagga offers descriptions of six personality temperaments:three unwholesome types and three wholesome types. The text suggeststhat the unwholesome and wholesome types “parallel” each other. Themodern-day application of the personality-type system focuses primarilyon the three unwholesome types and pairs them with their positiveattributes. The three types of Buddhist personalities, paired withtheir positive tendencies, are Greed/Faith, Aversive/Discerning Wisdom,and Deluded/Speculative. The Greed/Faith personality type ischaracterized by craving and optimism, the Aversive/Discerning type bycriticism and clarity, and the Deluded/Speculative type by doubt andequanimity. Each type has its neurotic tendencies and its awakenedtendencies, and the spiritual task is to learn how to strengthen theawakened aspects.

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  • 2. 

    When you go to the beach, what is the first thing you say?

    • 'The water looks perfect"

    • "Look at all the seaweed. There’s no way I’m going in the water"

    • "I can’t believe I forgot my towel again!"

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  • 3. 

    In the morning...

    • You like getting up early because it’s a great time to get things done.

    • You get up grumbling, with reluctance (another day already!?) and a sense of obligation.

    • You have a Ph.D. in sleeping late, and when you do get up, you must contend with brain fog for several hours.

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  • 4. 

    After watching a movie with your partner, you are mostly likely to comment: 

    • “I love seeing movies by that director. Let’s get another one when we return this.”

    • “I can’t believe how badly they butchered the story from the book. From now on it’s only foreign films for me.”

    • "Why were they shooting at that one guy?”

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  • 5. 

    You consider shopping: 

    • A sport, and you’re in the major leagues.

    • A necessary evil. You go in, get what you need, and get out again before someone pisses you off and you have to kill them.

    • A nightmare. With twenty brands of cereal on the shelves, how are you supposed to pick one? And let’s not even talk about clothes shopping.

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  • 6. 

    What do you have in your home?  

    • Imported chocolate, an extensive DVD collection, and some fine art.

    • Extra blankets (the heat is so low sometimes guests complain), closet and office organizers,emergency flashlights;

    • A hodgepodge of furniture and small piles of papers and projects that you’re going to get to one of these days.

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  • 7. 

    In school, you were usually:   

    • Chatting with your friends.

    • Correcting the teacher.

    • Doodling or daydreaming.

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  • 8. 

    At dinnertime, you think:

    • “Wow, this looks great! I’ll have one of everything.”

    • “Uh, is it dairy-free, wheat free, soy-free, and organic?”

    • “Dinner, already? Nice.”

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  • 9. 

    As a kid, your nickname could have been: 

    • Sparky

    • Eeyore

    • Space Cadet

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  • 10. 

    When you’re being honest with yourself, you’ll admit that you’re: 

    • Grandiose.

    • Obsessive compulsive.

    • Clueless.

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  • 11. 

    When things aren’t going your way, your first thought is:

    • “No worries, it will improve soon”

    • “It’s someone else’s fault, and I should help them see the error of their ways”

    • “Hmm, I wonder if I did something wrong?”

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  • 12. 

    When you are collaborating on a project, you mainly: 

    • Have faith everything will work out...

    • IOIOI

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  • 13. 

    Your opinion of this Buddhist personality quiz is: 

    • It was fun. I wish it had more questions.

    • Totally unscientific. Tricycle is turning into a Buddhist Cosmopolitan.

    • Seemed okay, but I wasn’t sure about my answers to some of the questions.

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