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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Craving: an attachment-driven desire for pleasure, existence or escape from unwanted experiences.
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Paper 1
Revise: Four Noble TruthsA central cause is tanha, meaning craving. People become attached to experiences, possessions or ambitions and expect them to provide lasting satisfaction. Because these things change, that attachment brings frustration and distress.
Paper 1, Paper 3
Craving: grasping at experiences or possessions as though they could provide permanent satisfaction.
Revise: Wealth and Poverty in BuddhismSuffering is caused by tanha, or craving. A person may believe that one more purchase or a larger fortune will finally make them satisfied, only to want more afterwards.
Craving or ‘thirst’: attachment to pleasures, experiences or ways of being that a person wants to hold on to.
Distinguish tanha, meaning craving, from the Three Poisons: ignorance, greed and hate.
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