Pls explain why anusayānaṁ get translated as obsession which means preoccupation ?
Instead of tendency .
Monks, with the abandoning & destruction of the seven obsessions, the holy life is fulfilled. Which seven? The obsession of sensual passion, the obsession of resistance, the obsession of views, the obsession of uncertainty, the obsession of conceit, the obsession of passion for becoming, the obsession of ignorance. With the abandoning & destruction of these seven obsessions, the holy life is fulfilled.
Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these seven underlying tendencies.
“Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, anusayānaṁ pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.
What seven?
Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?
The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
Kāmarāgānusayassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati, paṭighānusayassa …pe…
diṭṭhānusayassa …
vicikicchānusayassa …
mānānusayassa …
bhavarāgānusayassa …
avijjānusayassa pahānāya samucchedāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati.