extract from"The Four Noble Truths"
Ajahn Punnadhammo has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1979 and was ordained in Thailand in the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah (novice ordination Feb. 1991, higher ordination Feb. 1992). Between 1990 and 1995 he was based at Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand. Punnadhammo is a Canadian, born Michael Dominskyj in Toronto in 1955. He began studying the Dhamma under Kema Ananda, the founder and first teacher at the Arrow River Center.
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"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone"-Blaise Pascal
kama-tanha = craving(desire) for sensual pleasure
bhava-tanha =craving(desire) for becoming
vibhava-tanha =craving(desire) for non-becoming
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