In my last post I wrote about tanha or craving from a Buddhist perspective. I realized after writing that post that I should also write a piece on aversion, as aversion and craving are really two sides of the same coin. Let me explain how that works. Briefly defined, aversion is the strong desire of …
On Craving. The Second Noble Truth.
In my last blog post I wrote about The First Noble Truth. The First Noble Truth about life that the Buddha observed is that life is filled with a particular kind of suffering called dukkha. In the Second Noble Truth he described the cause of human suffering as craving. Let's see if we can connect …
