Samudaya

'the arising of suffering'
Suffering arises from craving or thirst (tanha)
Craving fuels desire. In the Fire Sermon, Buddha spoke of all human experience as being 'ablaze with desire'
It is linked to the addictive pleasures of samsara, driven by the 'three fires of greed, hatred and delusion'
The three main things produced by tanhda are:
- Sensual pleasures (craving for gratification of the senses)
- Thirst for existence (deep instinctive will to be)
- Thirst for non-existence (desire not to possess but to destroy)
Parable of the poisoened arrow- some forms of suffering we do not fully understand. We have to accept and try to overcome them
Paticca Samupadda- dependent origination shows that everything is linked together

Non-acceptance of anicca and anatta leads to dukkha as shown by the story of Kisagotami…

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