AfflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More are known as “The passions and ignorance that cause one to wander in Samsara and hinder one from reaching enlightenment. The word ‘afflictions’ emphasizes the effects of defilements. One list of the basic defilements names six:

• greed
• hatred (or angerA major affliction, one of the three poisons in Buddhism…. More),
• ignorance (or delusion),
• arrogance
• doubt, and
• wrong (evil) views.”

Chan: 472-473

BuddhaSanskrit बुद्ध past tense from the root budh, mean… More Sakyamuni compared human beings chasing after the fleeting pleasures of this world to a“The Sanskrit prefix ‘A’ means ‘not’, the negative… More child licking honey off a“The Sanskrit prefix ‘A’ means ‘not’, the negative… More sharp knife. There is no way they can avoid hurting themselves. “They are like men who carry torches against a“The Sanskrit prefix ‘A’ means ‘not’, the negative… More strong wind; the flame will surely burn their hands and faces.”

AfflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More are BodhiSanskrit बोधि from the root word budh, meaning “to… More

“A“The Sanskrit prefix ‘A’ means ‘not’, the negative… More basic Zen teaching. AfflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More are inseparable from Buddhahood.[At the noumenon or the theoretical level], afflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More and Buddhahood are considered to be two sides of the same coin. Since all existence has the tathata (thusness) as its underlying essence, afflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More too must rest on this tathata. Enlightenment, i.e., identity with the tathata, is achieved only when one realizes that afflictionsAfflictions are known as “The passions and ignorance that … More in themselves can have no real, independent existence. The doctrine is considered to express the ultimate teaching of Mahayana.”