November 9, 2019 Tanhā Is Attachment, Not Craving 1. Tanhā is a badly misunderstood Pāli word. The common translation is “craving,” and that is wrong. The craving usually is associated with a pleasurable ārammana. Tanhā means attachment to ANY ārammana. It could be something that one likes OR dislikes OR even neutral (it may be … Continue reading Tanhā – The Origin of Suffering