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CRAVING (tanhā, literally "thirst") is the proximate root of disappointment (unsatisfactoriness, woe) and of the
ever-continuing Cycle of Rebirths.
"What is the cause of disappointment?
It is that craving which gives rise to ever-fresh rebirth and, bound up with
pleasure and lust, now over here then over there, finds ever fresh delight. It takes three forms:
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sensual craving,
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the craving for existence,
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the craving for non-existence"
(DN 22).
It is the eighth link in the formula of Dependent Origination. Corresponding to the six kinds of sense-objects, there are six kinds of craving: craving
for sights, sounds, fragrances, flavors, bodily impressions, and mental
impressions (MN 9, DN 15).
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| Chanda (zeal) can be "good desire" |
Corresponding to the three spheres of existence, there are three kinds of craving -- for sensual
existence, for fine-material existence, for immaterial existence (DN 33).
There are 18 "thought-channels of craving" (tanhā-vicarita)
induced internally and 18 induced externally. Because they are counted as occurring in the past, present,
and future, they total 108. (See AN IV, 199, Vibh., Ch. 17, Khuddakavatthu-Vibhanga).
According to causal links of Dependent Origination, craving is conditioned by sensation. Of craving for existence it is said: "No first
beginning of the craving for existence can be perceived, O meditators, before which
it was not and after which it came to be. But it can he perceived that craving
for existence has its specific condition. I say, O meditators, that craving for
existence also has a condition that feeds it and is not without it. And what is it? 'Ignorance' one has to reply" (AN X.62).
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| Oh my Gratitude, I love the smell of Nature! |
The most frequent synonyms of craving are lust (rāga) and greed (lobha), one of the three roots of unwholesome karma.
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