Taṇhā (from Pāli ; Sanskrit : तृष्णा , romanized : tṛ́ṣṇā Sanskrit pronunciation: [tr̩ʂɳaː] ) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to "thirst, desire , longing, greed", either physical or mental. It is typically translated as craving, and is of three types: kāma-taṇhā (craving for sensual pleasures), bhava-taṇhā (craving for existence), and vibhava-taṇhā (craving for non-existence).
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40-526: Is "desiring more than will be attained". However, in early Buddhist texts, adds Bahm, the term chanda includes anxieties and is ambiguous, wherein five kinds of chanda are described, namely "to seek, to gain, to hoard, to spend and to enjoy". In these early texts, the sense of the word chanda is the same as taṇhā . Some writers such as Ajahn Sucitto explain chanda as positive and non-pathological, asserting it to be distinct from negative and pathological taṇhā . Sucitto explains it with examples such as
60-571: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Asalha Puja Āsāḷha Pūjā ( Thai : อาสาฬหบูชา ) is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the Āsādha month. It is celebrated in Indonesia , Cambodia ( Khmer : ពិធីបុណ្យអាសាឡ្ហបូជា ), Thailand , Sri Lanka , Laos , Myanmar and in other countries with Theravada Buddhist populations. In Indonesia ,
80-644: Is known in Thailand as Wan Khao Phansa ; it is the first day of Vassa , the Theravada rains retreat. This article about a religious festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Theravada -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81 Taṇhā appears in the Four Noble Truths , wherein taṇhā arises with, or exists together with, dukkha (dissatisfaction, "standing unstable") and
100-526: Is marked by three types of craving: sensory, being or non-existence. In Buddhist philosophy, there are right view and wrong view. The wrong views, it ultimately traces to taṇhā , but it also asserts that "ordinary right view" such as giving and donations to monks, is also a form of clinging. The end of taṇhā occurs when the person has accepted the "transcendent right view" through the insight into impermanence and non-self . Both appropriate and inappropriate tendencies, states Stephen Laumakis, are linked to
120-519: Is not only the first structured discourse given by the Buddha after his enlightenment, it also contains the essence of all his subsequent teaching. At the end of the talk, one of the five participants recounted his understanding of what had been said and asked to be received as a disciple, a request the Buddha granted, thus establishing the first order of monks. The day is observed by donating offerings to temples and listening to sermons . The following day
140-491: Is not the first cause nor the only cause of dukkha or saṃsāra , because the origination of everything is relative and dependent on something else. The Pali canons of Buddhism assert other defilements and impurities ( kilesā , sāsavā dhammā ), in addition to taṇhā, as the cause of Dukkha. Taṇhā nevertheless, is always listed first, and considered the principal, all-pervading and "the most palpable and immediate cause" of dukkha , states Rahula. Taṇhā , states Peter Harvey,
160-472: Is the key origin of dukkha in Buddhism. It reflects a mental state of craving. Greater the craving, more is the frustration because the world is always changing and innately unsatisfactory; craving also brings about pain through conflict and quarrels between individuals, which are all a state of dukkha . It is such taṇhā that leads to rebirth and endless saṃsāra , stated Buddha as the second reality, and it
180-518: The Noble Eightfold Path . In Theravada Buddhism, the cessation results from the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self . The 'insight meditation' practice of Buddhism, states Kevin Trainor, focuses on gaining "right mindfulness" which entails understanding three marks of existence - dukkha (suffering), anicca (impermanence) and anatta (non-self). The understanding of
200-404: The three poisons : According to Rupert Gethin, taṇhā is related to aversion and ignorance. Craving leads to aversion, anger, cruelty and violence, states Gethin, which are unpleasant states and cause suffering to one who craves. Craving is based on misjudgement, states Gethin, that the world is permanent, unchanging, stable, and reliable. For example, in the first discourse of the Buddha,
220-426: The twelve links of dependent origination . In the context of the twelve links, the emphasis is on the types of craving "that nourish the karmic potency that will produce the next lifetime." The Buddha identified three types of taṇhā : The third noble truth teaches that the cessation of taṇhā is possible. The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta states: Cessation of taṇhā can be obtained by following
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#1732854710720240-647: The cycle of repeated birth , becoming and death ( saṃsāra ). In the Theravāda Abhidhamma teachings, taṇhā is equivalent to the mental factor lobha (attachment). Taṇhā is a Pali word, derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word tṛ́ṣṇā (तृष्णा), which originates from the Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas , which is related to the root tarś- (thirst, desire, wish), ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry). The word has
260-530: The desire to apply oneself to a positive action such as meditation. In contrast, Rhys Davids and Stede state that chanda , in Buddhist texts, has both positive and negative connotations; as a vice, for example, the Pali texts associate chanda with "lust, delight in the body" stating it to be a source of misery. Chanda , states Peter Harvey, can be either wholesome or unwholesome. Taṇhā (desire) can be related to
280-560: The festival is centered at Mendut Temple and Borobudur Temple , Central Java . Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day , is one of Theravada Buddhism's most important festivals, celebrating as it does the Buddha's first sermon, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath , in which he set out to his five former associates the doctrine that had come to him following his enlightenment. This first pivotal sermon, often referred to as “setting into motion
300-405: The fires of taṇhā , and these produce fruits of kamma thereby rebirths. Quenching and blowing out these fires completely, is the path to final release from dukkha and saṃsāra , in Buddhism. The Pali texts, states David Webster, repeatedly recommend that one must destroy taṇhā completely, and this destruction is necessary for nirvāṇa . Taṇhā is also identified as the eighth link in
320-543: The following Indo-European cognates: Avestan taršna (thirst), Ancient Greek térsomai (to dry), Lithuanian troškimas (thirst, desire), Gothic þaursus (dry), Old High German durst (thirst), English thirst . The word appears numerous times in the Samhita layer of the Rigveda , dated to the 2nd millennium BCE, such as in hymns 1.7.11, 1.16.5, 3.9.3, 6.15.5, 7.3.4 and 10.91.7. It also appears in other Vedas, wherein
340-421: The meaning of the word is "thirst, thirsting for, longing for, craving for, desiring, eager greediness, and suffering from thirst". In the second of the Four Noble Truths , the Buddha identified taṇhā as arising together with dukkha (unease, "standing unstable"). Taṇhā , states Walpola Rahula , or "thirst, desire, greed, craving" is what manifests as suffering and rebirths. However, adds Rahula, it
360-465: The reality of non-self, adds Trainor, promotes non-attachment because "if there is no soul, then there is no locus for clinging". Once one comprehends and accepts the non-self doctrine, there are no more desires, i.e. taṇhā ceases. Buddhism categorizes desires as either taṇhā or chanda . Chanda literally means "impulse, excitement, will, desire for". Bahm states that chanda is "desiring what, and no more than, will be attained", while taṇhā
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400-409: The wheel of dhamma,” is the teaching which is encapsulated for Buddhists in the Four Noble Truths : there is suffering ( dukkha ); suffering is caused by craving ( tanha ); there is a state ( nibbana ) beyond suffering and craving; and finally, the way to nirvana is via the Noble Eightfold Path . All the various schools and traditions of Buddhism revolve around this central doctrine. This first sermon
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