the second noble truth

• The Second Noble Truth


  Samudaya.
• Samudaya

  The causes of suffering.
• Tanha


  Craving.
• Craving

  Wanting or desiring something. One of the main causes of suffering.
• Three types of Tanha (craving)

  (1) Sensory craving - craving things that please the senses.(2) Craving for being - wanting to become something you are not.(3) Craving for non-being - wanting to stop experiencing something.
• Anicca

  Impermanence. People become attached to things in life but everything changes or disappears so this attachment leads to suffering.
• The Buddha in the Samyutta Nikaya - Tanha/ Craving


  "Now this... is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to renewed existence... craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for extermination."The Buddha in the Samyutta Nikaya, vol 5, p 421
• The Tibetan Wheel of Life

  An image that symbolises samsara. It has the Three Poisons at its centre which keep it turning, trapping people inside the cycle of samsara and preventing them from achieving enlightenment.
• The Three Poisons

  Greed, hatred, ignorance: these three tendencies are the causes of suffering. They trap people in the cycle of samsara and prevent them from achieving enlightenment.
• The Three Poisons - symbol of the cockerel


  Greed or desire.
• The Three Poisons - symbol of the snake

  Hatred or anger.
• The Three Poisons - symbol of the pig

  Ignorance.