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" This, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cause of suffering: thirst, that leads to rebirth, accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delight here and there. This thirst is threefold; namely, thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence, thirst for... "
History of Religion: A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices ... - Page 365
by Allan Menzies - 1895 - 438 pages
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Journal and Proceedings, Volume 63

Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1895 - 626 pages
...what we desire, is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging to existence is suffering." " This is the Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering : Thirst,...and lust, finding its delight here and there. " This is the Noble Truth of Cessation of Suffering : it ceases with the complete cessation of this thirst...
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Vinaya texts: Volume 13

1881 - 448 pages
...is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging to existence1 is suffering. 20. 'This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the Cause of suffering : Thirst,...pleasure, thirst for existence, thirst for prosperity. 21. 'This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the Cessation of suffering: (it ceases with) the complete...
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The Light of Asia and the Light of the World: A Comparison of the Legend ...

Samuel Henry Kellogg - 1885 - 420 pages
...seem to restrict somewhat the comprehension of this fatal " thirst " or desire. Thus we read : — Thirst is threefold — namely, thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence, thirst for prosperity.3 From such passages Mr. Davids infers that the unrestricted meaning which is sometimes...
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The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, Volume 18

Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie - 1882 - 592 pages
...desire is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging to existence is suffering. This, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cause of suffering : thirst,...pleasure, thirst for existence, thirst for prosperity. This, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering : [it ceases with] the complete...
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A History of Civilization in Ancient India: Based on Sanscrit ..., Volume 2

Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1889 - 368 pages
...fivefold clinging to existence (ie, clinging to the five elements) is suffering. " This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering. Thirst,...delight here and there. (This thirst is threefold), viz., thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence, thirst for prosperity. " This, O Bhikkhus, is the...
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Buddhism, Primitive and Present in Magadha and in Ceylon

Reginald Stephen Copleston - 1892 - 554 pages
...desire is suffering: briefly, the five-fold clinging to existence is suffering. ' This, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the Cause of suffering : thirst, that leads to re-births, accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delight here and there. (This thirst is threefold),...
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Progress, Volume 3

1897 - 918 pages
...desire, is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging to existence is suffering. This, O Bhikkhus, is x ~_ ; E S 6 $S { E 1 P!' 'E % b YO$o... % Xj\FmH wp A ̹a ]۰ 4 , }i G I @BJ SC G This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the Cessation of suffering: (it ceases with) the complete cessation...
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Four Great Religions: Four Lectures

Annie Besant - 1897 - 196 pages
...desire is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging* to existence is suffering. This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the cause of suffering: Thirst,...rebirth, accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delights here and there. (This thirst is threefold), namely, thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence,...
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Four Great Religions: Four Lectures Delivered on the Twenty-first ...

Annie Besant - 1897 - 196 pages
...desire is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold clinging* to existence is suffering. This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the cause of suffering: Thirst,...rebirth, accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delights here and there. (This thirst is threefold), namely, thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence,...
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Four Great Religions: Four Lectures

Annie Besant - 1897 - 152 pages
...desire is suffering. Briefly, the five-fold clinging 3 to existence is suffering. This, O Bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of the cause of suffering: Thirst,...rebirth. accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delights here and there. (This thirst is threefold), namely, thirst for 1 Ibid., 4-10. 'All knowledge....
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