The Truth of the Origin (Samudayasaccā) (Part 2)

We have already discussed the three types of craving according to the Truth of the Origin. I would like to explain further for better understanding in actual vipassanā practice. We said that kāma-taṇhā is the delight and attachment to the five strands of sensual pleasure: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tangible objects. Why does this delight and attachment arise? It is because of the mistaken perception and wrong view of personality (sakkāya-diṭṭhi), which involves the concepts of 'I' and 'mine'. When one cannot see mind and matter (nāma-rūpa) as they truly are, but instead perceives and evaluates them through the filter of sakkāya-diṭṭhi, delight and attachment arise automatically. When encountering these objects, to prevent delight from arising, one must contemplate the arising and passing away of the object itself, or the arising and passing away of the consciousness that perceives it. By knowing both the arising and the passing away, the characteristic of i...