hattanya is at the heart of dukkha. Tanya, translated-craving, or desire gives a logical explanationfor suffering and another releasing truth. Man is born with thirst. Thirst for physical and emotional satisfaction. Man loves friends and family that all perish with man. It is the love thatis the problem, not the temporary nature of life. In addition, it is the desires of man that causessufferings. The book of James stated the truth of tanya in James 1:14, But every man istempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Gautamas discipline in thesecond noble truth is to extinguish the craving. It is mans lusts, desires and cravings that are thecause of dukkha, certainly not the dukkha itself. Tanya also contains the concept of ignorance.Ignorance is the inability to see the truth about things, to see things as they really are. It is truethat ignorance is a component of dukkha, but Gautama states that ignorance sits in the root causeof dukkha. Therefore, ignorance begins with tanya. Plainly stated, ignorance is not the casualwestern definition of the word, but it is a link in a chain. For example, man strives forpermanence and fulfillment, but he is ignorant of the fact that existence will never bring truesatisfaction. The practices of satisfaction often times carries an evil type of karma that just fuelsthe fire for more karma due to the unsatisfied nature of man. So, it is self defeating to attempt tosatisfy the desire. Although knowledge is an important aspect for the Buddhist way to salvation;it is not parallel to the Hindu belief that through knowledge-jnana salvation can be achieved. InBuddhist theory, knowledge is a tool that is utilized to achieve the basics of the need for nirvana. The third noble truth is the sensation of dukkha. Since the root cause of dukkha is explainedand known as truth, then with every cause, logically, there must be a way to stop the cause. Thisis the truth of nirodha. Again, it is another...
