The 12 Nidānas
The 12 Nidānas: Ignorance ↓ Formations ↓ Consciousness ↓ Name & Form ↓ Six Sense Bases ↓ Contact ↓ Feeling ↓ Craving ↓ Clinging ↓ Becoming ↓ Birth ↓ […]
The 12 Nidānas: Ignorance ↓ Formations ↓ Consciousness ↓ Name & Form ↓ Six Sense Bases ↓ Contact ↓ Feeling ↓ Craving ↓ Clinging ↓ Becoming ↓ Birth ↓ […]
The Buddhist View of Human Nature Why We Are All Addicted; Andrew Weil, MD A Buddhist View of Addiction Practicing for the extinction of kilesa-tanhā (palikanon.com) Ranjung Yeshe wiki entry […]
Taṇhā is sometimes identified as one of Māra‘s three daughters, along with Arati (Boredom), and Rāga (Passion). In some accounts of the Buddha’s enlightenment, it is said that the demon […]
The third noble truth teaches that the cessation of taṇhā is possible. Bhikkhus, there is a noble truth about the cessation of suffering. It is the complete fading away and […]
Taṇhā and avidya (ignorance) can be related to the three poisons as follows: Avidya (ignorance), the root of the three poisons, is also the basis for taṇhā. Raga (attachment), the […]
Non-deliberate Contemporary Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa emphasizes the non-deliberate quality of tanha. He states:[18] [Craving] is like someone who is extremely hungry. Such a person doesn’t actually think in terms […]
In the Maha-nidana Sutta (The Great Causes Discourse), Buddha said:^1 Now, craving is dependent on feeling, seeking is dependent on craving, acquisition is dependent on seeking, ascertainment is dependent on […]
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