tanha
English
editEtymology
editTransliteration of Pali taṇhā.
Noun
edittanha (uncountable)
- (Buddhism) Cravings; desires.
- 2009 May 10, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in New York Times[1]:
- The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.