Craving, longing, wanting, thirst for pleasurable feelings of the senses. The Buddha identifies five objects of desire: money (V: tài), beautiful body (V: sắc), fame (or status, power) (V: danh), food (V: thực), rest (V: thùy). In the Four Noble Truths sermon, the Buddha identified desire as the main cause of suffering.
P: tāṇhā, S: tṛishṇā, V: dục, ái dục
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