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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Desire or thirst for experiences and things, which can lead to attachment and suffering.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: Dependent arisingOne part of the teaching states: “with feeling as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging”. Feeling here concerns the experience that follows contact through the senses. Craving is the desire or thirst that can arise in response, while clinging is holding tightly to what is desired.
Specification 4.6, 2.3 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Desire or thirst that leads to attachment and contributes to suffering.
Use a Buddhist teaching to support your explanation: SN 12.1 connects feeling, craving and clinging.
Distinguish craving as a cause of suffering from the immediate physical causes of pain. The Sivaka Sutta rejects the claim that every feeling is entirely caused by past actions.
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The passage identified as Brahmajala Sutta 4 in this topic refers to ‘the feeling of those who are immersed in craving’. Craving means desire that produces attachment and suffering. Buddhists can use this teaching to argue that people’s views may be shaped by desire and misunderstanding, rather than clear insight.
A thirst or strong attachment to experiences and things, identified in the Four Noble Truths as a cause of suffering.
