Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Three Poisons


Buddhism Teaches all unwholesome acts can trace their genesis to one or more of three causes.

These causes are refereed to as the Three Poisons.

They are:
        Geed or Desire
        Anger or Hatred
        Ignorance or Delusion

Ignorance and delusion have slightly different approaches.

Ignorance can be likened to not knowing how to make a banana cream pie. You can solve that ignorance by consulting a recipe.

Delusion can be likened to believing a banana cream pie is made with onion and avocado. This delusion can be resolved by also consulting a recipe.

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