Kâma (sensual pleasures)

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Re: Kâma (sensual pleasures)

Postby Ñāṇa » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:13 am

Sylvester wrote:"Chanda" is that inclination of the mental function to always seek phassa, be it phassa based on pleasant things, painful things or neutral things.

Chanda can be either skillful or unskillful. Kāma is never regarded as skillful.

All the best,

Geoff
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