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- noun Buddhism
Cravings ;desires .
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In Buddhism, you can only reach enlightenment be letting go of "tanha" or "grasping" wanting stuff, and in higher education there seems to be a common thread, because DAMN, I want stuff now but I didn't always usta EAT in grad school, LOL!
On the other hand Amanda 2008
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Siddhartha Gautama the historical person now known by his title, the Buddha said that suffering was caused by tanha which is usually translated as "desire," but which could easily be alternatively translated as "seeking."
Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011
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Siddhartha Gautama the historical person now known by his title, the Buddha said that suffering was caused by tanha which is usually translated as "desire," but which could easily be alternatively translated as "seeking."
Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011
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Siddhartha Gautama the historical person now known by his title, the Buddha said that suffering was caused by tanha which is usually translated as "desire," but which could easily be alternatively translated as "seeking."
Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011
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Siddhartha Gautama the historical person now known by his title, the Buddha said that suffering was caused by tanha which is usually translated as "desire," but which could easily be alternatively translated as "seeking."
Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011
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Or, to be more precise, it's the thirst for those desires 'fulfillment (tanha in the Pali) that is the problem.
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To the Buddhist, of course, sex is an expression — perhaps the chief expression — of that tanha or craving which brings dukkha in its train.
Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009
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To the Buddhist, of course, sex is an expression — perhaps the chief expression — of that tanha or craving which brings dukkha in its train.
Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009
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Choose two themes from Smith's chapter on Buddhism for instance, anicca, tanha, or the Four Noble Truths.
World Religions Study: Buddhism Divers 2008
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Desire is tanha, or a burning that keeps us caught in the web of illusion that is our ego.
Neatorama: Heaven and Hell, According to Various Religions William Harryman 2007
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