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This is a core concept of Buddhism, called tanha, and has been contemplated for a couple thousand years at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%
by mtalantikite 10mo ago
This is a core concept of Buddhism, called tanha, and has been contemplated for a couple thousand years at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81
- dddw 10mo agoInteresting. Looked fornthe simple English version, alas.
- agumonkey 10mo agoEverything new is old :)
- moffkalast 10mo agoTry having an original thought after 110 billion humans have already lived entire lives thinking.
- francisofascii 10mo agoThis also sounds like one of the core themes of Augustinian philosophy. The idea of the "restless heart" in that we are never satisfied with earthly wants and desires.
- rochak 10mo agoDoesn’t “tanha” mean “by yourself” in Hindi?
- mtalantikite 10mo agoI don't speak Hindi unfortunately, but it's definitely on my list of languages to study (after Bangla)! It looks like the Hindi tanha comes from Classical Persian [1], whereas the Pali tanha comes from Sanskrit [2] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E... [2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81
- cammil 10mo agoTanha is about wholesome and unwholesome desires, ie those that lead to or dont lead to liberation. Its not about desires that do or do not change you, as this article is categorizing it.
- beaker52 10mo agoOne could argue that staying in one place unchanged, in a space barred with thin desires, is akin to being imprisoned. And that following newly cultivated thick desires out of one’s thin prison sounds just like liberation to me.
- mtalantikite 10mo agoDo wholesome desires, like practicing the dharma, not change you? Do unwholesome desires, like staying stuck in your addictions, not trap you? My point is that desire is something that is deeply explored in all three major schools of Buddhism. In the Vajrayana to the point that we take the most difficult of our base desires as paths of practice, like seen in karmamudra.