This kind of desire is described as Chanda to distinguish it from harmful desires.( second of noble truths ) wanting the best for someone else or the desire for enlightenment. Tanha is desire that is valued too highly or is directed wrongly. Why do you think they do this ? Why do you think they are called the three poisons ? Give examples of how each of these can lead to harmful consequences. Ignorance/ delusion – pig Each of these are depicted in a circle biting the tail of the one in front.Greed / desire/ craving –rooster- Hatred - snake.Can you think how each of these states could be considered to be states of mind ?.Examine the diagram of the wheel of life and discuss with your group what you think it suggests about existence The Wheel of Life - Samsara The Buddha taught all sentient are caught on the wheel of existence- samsara or mara’s wheel which is divided into six realms. So these are the 12 links in this chain of what is called conditioned co-production, dependent origination, as depicted in these 12 little pictures in the outermost circle of the Tibetan Wheel of Life.ĮDITED 7 June 2011: I have started looking at the nidanas one by one. In dependence upon that feeling, especially on pleasant feeling, there arises thirst, or craving, for the repetition of that pleasant feeling.Īnd in dependence upon that thirst for the repetition of the pleasant feeling there arises grasping, trying to hang on to the pleasant feeling, hang on to the object that creates the pleasant feeling.Īnd then, in dependence upon that grasping and clinging there arises becoming, which is to say the whole process of psychological conditioning, the whole process of the reactive mind itself.Īnd in dependence upon that there arises birth, or re-birth, in the sense of a renewal of that whole kind of process of the reactive mind.Īnd then in dependence upon that, further, decay and death. In dependence of that contact with an external world there arise feelings of various kinds: painful, pleasant and neutral. In dependence of those 6 organs of sense there arises contact with an external world. In dependence of the psycho-physical organism there arise the 6 organs of sense, one mental, 5 physical. In dependence of consciousness there arises the whole psycho-physical organism. In dependence on the volitions there arises consciousness. In dependence on ignorance, by which of course is meant spiritual ignorance, arise the sanskaras or volitions. There's no time to go into details, but let me just enumerate and perhaps describe briefly the 12 links of that chain. The chain of conditioned co-production or dependent origination consists of 12 nidanas or links, and it's these 12 links that are depicted in pictorial form in the outermost circle of the Wheel of Life.Īnd these 12 links represent the whole process of the reactive mind as it operates throughout this life, not only this life but the past life, the present life and the future life. This is from long a talk by Sangharakshita called "The meaning of Parinirvana" available here - starting at about 53 minutes into the talk. SciamannaA list of the 12 nidanas of Buddhist tradition, which I transcribed mainly for my own reference, because I want to study them a bit.
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