The Second Noble Truth

• 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 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.