What's the difference between desire (chanda) and craving (tanha)? From my understanding, tanha is always unwholesome but chanda can be wholesome or unwholesome.

Sep 26, 2019 · Chanda is when the child saw a puppet in the toy store, and having come home keeps asking mom to buy the puppet. And the mom says, "but what are you gonna do with it, after a day …

Jan 12, 2026 · It suggests that a practitioner experiencing "dryness" or apathy (loss of Chanda) has actually drifted away from the Sutta instructions for Jhana/Samadhi, rather than succeeding in "letting …

Sep 11, 2016 · Here, chanda is clearly a word for right effort (sammā vāyāma). The Commentaries regard this as a wholesome desire (kusala-c,chanda), a spiritual desire (or Dharma-moved desire, …

Apr 9, 2021 · Chanda is a reason for Tanha. Ignorance (Avidya) is the cause for Chanda means it's the cause for Tanha. Then Tanha causes to increases the Chanda 's density towards something. …

Chanda can be used in two different ways. In “kämachanda”, it is mind blinded by käma or sense pleasures. So it is like Tanha. In this case “Chanda” wrapping one’s mind with samma vaca, samma …

Jul 11, 2019 · As others have said, people distinguish between an always-unwholesome "craving" (tanha), compared with a potentially-wholesome "desire" (chanda). I guess the difference might be …

May 26, 2019 · I think that the Pali distinguishes two words: tanha -- "craving" or more literally "thirst" chanda -- "desire" or maybe intention One of the six occasional mental factors in the Theravada …

Apr 23, 2015 · But, tanha could present itself not just as unwholesome roots (lobha, desa, moha), but also as factor of enlightenment (chanda). In other words, is wanting to eradicate all craving and …

Aug 13, 2022 · And in reply to that, Buddhism distinguishes between wholesome and unwholesome desires -- i.e. taṇhā (which is referenced in the Second Noble Truth), and chanda which is defined for …