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  2. Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia

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    [web 20] [note 17] Melvin E. Spiro further explains that "desire is the cause of suffering because desire is the cause of rebirth." [85] When desire ceases, rebirth and its accompanying suffering ceases. [85] [note 18] Peter Harvey explains: Once birth has arisen, "ageing and death", and various other dukkha states follow.

  3. Philosophy of desire - Wikipedia

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    The cause of this suffering is attachment to, or craving for worldly pleasures of all kinds and clinging to this very existence, our "self" and the things or people we—due to our delusions—deem the cause of our respective happiness or unhappiness. The suffering ends when the craving and desire ends, or one is freed from all desires by ...

  4. On Passions - Wikipedia

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    A passion has a passive aspect in that it brings suffering, but it also has an active aspect which the Stoics saw as an impulse (hormē), [5] one which is excessive and disobedient to reason. [12] The wise person who is free from the passions ( apatheia ) instead experiences good emotions ( eupatheia ) which are clear-headed feelings.

  5. Three poisons - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] These three poisons are considered to be three afflictions or character flaws that are innate in beings and the root of craving, and so causing suffering and rebirth. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The three poisons are symbolically shown at the center of the Buddhist Bhavachakra artwork, with the rooster, snake, and pig, representing greed, ill-will and ...

  6. Taṇhā - Wikipedia

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    Taṇhā, states Walpola Rahula, or "thirst, desire, greed, craving" is what manifests as suffering and rebirths. [9] However, adds Rahula, it is not the first cause nor the only cause of dukkha or saṃsāra, because the origination of everything is relative and dependent on something else. [9]

  7. Stoic passions - Wikipedia

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    Unreal imaginings of evil cause distress about the present, or fear for the future. [6] These states of feeling are disturbances of mental health which upset the natural balance of the soul, and destroy its self-control. [6] They are harmful because they conflict with right reason. [7]

  8. Pratītyasamutpāda - Wikipedia

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    One who sees the Dharma sees dependent origination." And these five grasping aggregates are indeed dependently originated. The desire, adherence, attraction, and attachment for these five grasping aggregates is the origin of suffering. Giving up and getting rid of desire and greed for these five grasping aggregates is the cessation of suffering.

  9. Passion (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    Strong Desire for something: In whatever context, if someone desires for something and that desire has some strong feeling or emotion is defined in terms of passion. Passion has no boundary, being passionate about something which is boundless can be sometimes dangerous, In which person forget about everything and is fully determined towards the ...