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What exactly is the anatomy of a Desire and why does it have such a potent effect on our psyche and life?

Is it a thought of wanting something we don't have, but then we have so many thoughts about so many things? Is it a feeling of missing something or something being wrong in the present moment, but then we have so many other feelings? Is it a mental reaction, or perception of thought and feeling? Is it some mental energy illumined by consciousness? Or is it will want?

The Buddha went as far as saying, taṇhā ("craving, desire or attachment") is the cause of suffering. I want to understand what is this as a phenomenon?

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  • This question may be a duplicate of existing questions. Please see if the linked questions answers this question. If you feel your question is different, or if you wish to change your question, please write to me here. – ruben2020 Sep 24 '21 at 13:02
  • Desire is whatever it is except from what you call & think about it. –  Sep 24 '21 at 13:09
  • Srmantically the word 'desire' has 'it desires, it desires' for designation. It desires this or that, therefore it is called desire. –  Sep 24 '21 at 13:20
  • If it is confusing id recommend a primer on general semantics, some popularization of 'science & sanity', eg 'Tyranny of Words'. –  Sep 24 '21 at 13:27
  • The linked questions covers multiple terms in Buddhism that are related to desire, which is a very broad English word - craving (tanha), clinging (upadana), desire (chanda), sensual desires (kammacchanda), sensual lust (kamaraga). And these questions have also discussed differences between these terms. So, I hope, they answer this question adequately too. Otherwise, you can change it to become focused, specific and unique. – ruben2020 Sep 25 '21 at 06:45
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    Hi @ruben2020, went through the links. Thankyou for the comment. – The White Cloud Sep 25 '21 at 10:47

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