Chanda is ethically variable, meaning that the factors coming along with chanda determine whether it is unwholesome or not. So, the characteristic of chanda is the desire to act; it's function is searching for an object; its manifestation is need for an object and the same object is its proximate cause.

2019年9月26日 · Chanda is karmically neutral. Cetana is what decides the karma. OP: If they are related, which one comes first, and which after? They are present in the same mind moment if Chanda occurs. Cetana is a universal mental factor and is there in every mind moment. Chanda is an occasional factor hence there only in certain mind moments.

2021年4月9日 · Chanda is a reason for Tanha. Ignorance (Avidya) is the cause for Chanda means it's the cause for Tanha. Then Tanha causes to increases the Chanda's density towards something. Nirvana is understanding Chanda towards something is a useless thing. As nothing in this world is going to satisfy the intention (Chanda) the living beings have. That's ...

2016年9月11日 · Here, chanda is clearly a word for right effort (sammā vāyāma). The Commentaries regard this as a wholesome desire (kusala-c,chanda), a spiritual desire (or Dharma-moved desire, dhamma-c,chanda), the desire (or will) to create wholesome states. Assuming it's 'positive' chanda that you want to develop, I think the …

2015年4月23日 · Wikipedia's Contrast to wholesome desire (chanda) says, The Buddhist teachings contrast the reflexive, self-centered desire of taṇhā with wholesome types of desire, such as the desire to benefit others or the desire to follow the Buddhist path.[c] Wholesome types of desire are traditionally identified as chanda.[20][21][d] Ajahn Sucitto states:

CHANDA is a different kind of Tanha. One needs to have an liking (more like an obsessed liking) for the PATH; this is called chanda which we can translate as liking. It is not greed, but pure in quality and grows to become a life goal. Chanda is NOT …

Chanda is a sense of wanting which arises in the mind before the defilements turn it into tanha which is the craving that leads to dukkha. When chanda arises we can use wisdom to decide whether to follow a want or not, if we have no wisdom then when chanda arises we immediately attach to it and think that our wants have to be met and so we suffer.

2019年5月6日 · Keep in mind chanda, like "desire" in english, can be good or bad. kāma-chanda, sensual or sexual desire, is different than the chanda infused with good in the four iddhipada for example: chanda-samadhi-padhana-sankhara-samannagatam (desire based samadhi...) Even rāga (passion), occasionally is used in a good sense.

But if you look at the Pali words here, we find that "thing" refers to "dhamma" and "desire" refers to "chanda". The word "dhamma" has many meanings as can be seen in this answer. The word "chanda" for desire, is different from the word "tanha" for craving (of the second noble truth).

2017年3月6日 · The English word desire is a translation for either of two Pali words: tanha or chanda. Tanha means “thirst”. Tanha is a reflex, an instinct - the urge to grab and consume. Chanda can be said as “motivation.” This motivation can be either positive or negative. Chanda can refer to sense-appetites. The interest in Dhamma too is Chanda.