Tanha

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! ❋ Amanda (2008)

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 (2011)

Or, to be more precise, it's the thirst for those desires 'fulfillment (tanha in the Pali) that is the problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To the Buddhist, of course, sex is an expression — perhaps the chief expression — of that tanha or craving which brings dukkha in its train. ❋ William Harryman (2009)

Choose two themes from Smith's chapter on Buddhism for instance, anicca, tanha, or the Four Noble Truths. ❋ Divers (2008)

Desire is tanha, or a burning that keeps us caught in the web of illusion that is our ego. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

He took off his slippers and sat down beside the Buddha, who instructed him in the Middle Way, step by step, beginning with very basic teach­ing about the importance of avoiding tanha and sensual pleasure, and describing the benefits of the holy life. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

But our desires impelled us to act, so, the monks con­cluded, if we could eliminate tanha from our hearts and minds, we would perform fewer kamma. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

As Gotama reflected later, it “existed apart from objects that awaken tanha.” ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

Indeed, without tanha and the actions (kamma) that resulted from it, society would come to a halt. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

He was convinced that, once egotism had been snuffed out, there would be no flames or fuel to spark a new existence, because the desire (tanha) which bound him to samsara had been finally quenched. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

The second truth was that the cause of this suffering was desire (tanha). ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

Craving (tanha) manifests itself even in the desire to change our physi­cal position, go into another room, have a snack or suddenly leave work and go find somebody to talk to. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

Instead of regard­ing ignorance as the chief cause of dukkha, they saw desire (tanha) as the chief culprit. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

The monks of the eastern Ganges were convinced that it was this thirsty tanha that kept people bound to samsara. ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)

Henceforth, Gotama would usually couple “desire” (tanha) with ❋ Armstrong, Karen, 1944- (2001)