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the odour), rasa-taõhà (craving for taste), phoññhaba-taõhà (craving
for tangible object), and dhamma-taõhà (craving for mind-object).
These six types of taõhà exist internally in oneself and externally
in others. So together they make 12 types of taõhà. They
become 36 when past, present and future are taken into
consideration. When multiplied by the three types of taõhà
enumerated as samudaya-sacca, they become 108 types of taõhà.
The three types of taõhà enumerated as samudaya-sacca are:
1 Kàma-taõhà – craving for sensual and jhàna pleasures;
2 Bhava-taõhà – craving for sensual pleasures associated
with the view of eternalism, i.e., enjoying pleasures
thinking that they are imperishable;
3 Vibhava-taõhà – craving for sensual and jhàna pleasures
associated with the view of nihilism, i.e., enjoying
pleasures thinking that everything is annihilated after
death.
Essentially all the different modes of taõhà represent lobha
which is associated with the eight lobha-måla cittas.
8 Taõhà-paccayà Upàdànaü
Taõhà conditions upàdàna to arise or upàdàna arises as a consequence
of taõhà.
Taõhà here refers to the six types of craving for the six senseobjects,
namely, råpa-taõhà, sadda-taõhà, gandha-taõhà, rasa-taõhà,
phoññhabba-taõhà and dhamma-taõhà or it may be taken as the 108
modes of taõhà as described in the seventh causal relation.
Upàdàna stands for the four types of grasping – viz., kàmupàdàna,
diññhupàdàna, sãlabbatupàdàna and attavàdupàdàna – which
have been described in Chapter 7.
Let us first consider the arising of kàmupàdàna as a consequence
of taõhà. Kàmupàdàna is the sense-desire or clinging to