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| Article Name : | | | SILA: THE FOUNDATION OF BUDDHIST ETHICS AND MIND | | Author Name : | | | CHINTALA VENKATA SIVA SAI | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2004 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Buddha contends that suffering (dukkha) arises because of 'craving' (tanha) with the base of 'ignorance' (avijja). Therefore, ignorance is the root cause of all sufferings. It is the ignorance of the true nature of things, that they are impermanent (anicca),essence less (anatta) and full of suffering (dukkha). The ignorant takes them as permanent (nicca), full of essence (atta) and as the nature of pleasure (sukha). This leads to 'craving' (tanha) for attachment with the objects. The nerve centre of these false experiences of objects as permanent, full of essence and pleasure is the 'mind' (manasi).'Mind' is the master power that moulds and casts 'thought'. In the mind, if, there are evil thoughts, then the words are evil, and sorrow which results from sin follows that man as the chariot wheel follows the 'drawer' who drags it.1 | | Keywords : | | |
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