That Craving Causes Pain is a
Noble Truth!
The Blessed
Buddha once said:
What now,
friends, is this Second Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering?
The
Cause
of suffering is
Craving,
which bound up with pleasure and desire,
delighting now here, now there. This gives rise to renewed rebirth!
SN 56:11
But where, and when does this
Craving
arise and take root?
Wherever in the world there are delightful and pleasurable objects,
exactly right
there and then does this
craving
arise, takes root, and grows... The eye, ear, nose,
tongue, body, mind, forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, ideas, thoughts, mental
states, consciousness of sensation, sense contacts, feelings born of
that contact,
perceptions, intentions, cravings, thoughts, and reflections are all attractive and
pleasurable: Right there and then does this toxic
craving
arise, make root and grow...
This is called the
Noble Truth
on the
Origin of Suffering!
DN 22
Feeling is the Cause of Craving:
If perceiving a form, sound, smell, taste, touch, idea, or mental state as
pleasant,
then one is attracted: Right there craving, greed, desire,lust, longing and urge is born.
Pleasant feeling thus causes Greed!
If perceiving the sense object as
unpleasant, then one is repelled: Right there hate,
anger, aversion, antipathy, and opposition is born!
Unpleasant or painful feeling thus causes
Hate
and all its derivatives!
If perceiving the object as
neither pleasant nor unpleasant, then one is disinterested,
and thus neither observes nor examines the object: Right there Ignorance, neglect,
unawareness, and disregard
is born...
Neutral
and indifferent feeling thus causes Ignorance to arise!
MN 38
The 3 kinds of
Craving:
1: There is
craving for Sensing
forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches,
ideas, thoughts, mental objects
and mental states! (This is Kāma-Tanhā)...
2: There is
craving for Becoming
this or that. like rich, healthy, famous,
beautiful, respected, successful,
and adored etc. (This is Bhava-Tanhā)...
3:
There is
craving for Non-Becoming
this or that, like poor, sick, dead,
ignored, disregarded, ugly, failed,
and despised. (This is Vibhava-Tanhā)...
DN 22
More on this thorny Craving causing
all pain:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Cut_Craving.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Craving_is_Cause.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Origin_of_Suffering.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Craving.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm
