What is the difference and relation between chanda and cetana? Chanda is karmically neutral Cetana is what decides the karma OP: If they are related, which one comes first, and which after? They are present in the same mind moment if Chanda occurs Cetana is a universal mental factor and is there in every mind moment Chanda is an occasional factor hence there only in certain mind moments
How to develop Chanda? - Buddhism Stack Exchange Here, chanda is clearly a word for right effort (sammā vāyāma) The Commentaries regard this as a wholesome desire (kusala-c,chanda), a spiritual desire (or Dharma-moved desire, dhamma-c,chanda), the desire (or will) to create wholesome states Assuming it's 'positive' chanda that you want to develop, I think the above suggests several answers:
How is Chanda (Intention) related to Tanha (Desire)? Chanda is a reason for Tanha Ignorance (Avidya) is the cause for Chanda means it's the cause for Tanha Then Tanha causes to increases the Chanda's density towards something Nirvana is understanding Chanda towards something is a useless thing As nothing in this world is going to satisfy the intention (Chanda) the living beings have That's
Stopping Tanha or craving - Buddhism Stack Exchange Wikipedia's Contrast to wholesome desire (chanda) says, The Buddhist teachings contrast the reflexive, self-centered desire of taṇhā with wholesome types of desire, such as the desire to benefit others or the desire to follow the Buddhist path [c] Wholesome types of desire are traditionally identified as chanda [20][21][d] Ajahn Sucitto states:
what is the love described in Buddhism? Kāma-chanda, in M N Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta, means the interest to attach 5 kāma-gunā: yo kho bhikkhave kāmesu chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṃ idaṃ kāmānaṃ nissaraṇaṃ Removing the interest to attach 5 kāma-gunā, is nissaranaṃ 5 kāmaguna example: I love a skin (of you) I loves a voice (of you) I love a smell (of
What type of tanha, is the tanha to end tanha? CHANDA is a different kind of Tanha One needs to have an liking (more like an obsessed liking) for the PATH; this is called chanda which we can translate as liking It is not greed, but pure in quality and grows to become a life goal Chanda is NOT greed, it is the determination to attain a goal
nirvana - Tanha vs Right Aspiration Anatta vs nihilism: how does . . . Chanda is a sense of wanting which arises in the mind before the defilements turn it into tanha which is the craving that leads to dukkha When chanda arises we can use wisdom to decide whether to follow a want or not, if we have no wisdom then when chanda arises we immediately attach to it and think that our wants have to be met and so we suffer
Is there any benefit in learning Pali or Sanskrit? But if you look at the Pali words here, we find that "thing" refers to "dhamma" and "desire" refers to "chanda" The word "dhamma" has many meanings as can be seen in this answer The word "chanda" for desire, is different from the word "tanha" for craving (of the second noble truth)