Ambition

5 discourses
Spiritual or worldly striving to “be someone,” the “I must become something” energy
Also known as: aspiration for identity, drive for status or attainment, romanticizing some better self or future state
Pāli: bhavataṇhā, bhavesanā

In As It Was Said (Itivuttaka)

The Buddha describes the three quests of sensual pleasure, renewed existence, and spiritual life.

The Buddha describes the three quests of sensual pleasure, renewed existence, and spiritual life as the result of holding tight to the thought 'This is the truth' and the accumulation of bases for views.

The Buddha describes the three defilements - the taint of sensual desire, the taint of becoming, and the taint of ignorance, and the way of practice leading to their cessation.

The Buddha describes the three defilements - the taint of sensual desire, the taint of becoming, and the taint of ignorance, and one who is free from them.

The Buddha describes the three kinds of craving - 1) craving for sensual pleasures, 2) craving for becoming, and 3) craving for non-becoming.

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