Questions tagged [desire]
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Why is desire the root of suffering?
I fail to understand how this teaching would ever help man become productive. Please help me understand this.
Not everyone seeks nirvana and some people want to better the world, not only for themselves but for their family and countrymen. They do…
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Wheel of life and bodhicitta
Why is the desire/attachment in the middle of the
Wheel of Life considered negative and the desire of bodhicitta considered positive?
What is the difference between them?
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Wanting something
How do I deal with healthy desires like wanting to get a relationship etc? Is it wrong intention to want that or is it good if it stems from non-ill will, renunciation etc.?
Likewise, it's bad if I thirst to get a girlfriend but how then do I deal…
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What does it mean in Bhikkhu Bodhi's *Life of the Buddha* when he describes Maha Maya as being possessed of the five kāmaguṇa
In Bhikkhu Nanamoli's The Life of the Buddha when describing the circumstances around his birth, Nanamoli writes
When the Bodhisatta had descended into his mother's womb, no thought
of man associated with the five strands of sensual desires came…
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Is clinging the reason for losing interest towards certain things?
We lose interest to certain things (foods, vehicles .. etc.) with time. Is clinging the reason for this ? Is this the nature of clinging ?
Are we able to maintain the interest level if we don't have clinging ? Does losing interest to do something…
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sense of achievement oriented behavior
I had a previous question on the need to feel proud of ourselves. I was neutrally observing my thoughts and feelings when I was feeling proud of myself or feeling ashamed of myself. This led to a discovery in me that it was because of the desire to…
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