What the Buddha Taught
The ten courses of wholesome kamma are the opposites of these: abstaining from the first seven courses of unwholesome kamma, being free from covetousness and ill will, and holding right view.
Bhikkhu Bodhi • The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
The Second Noble Truth relates to the cause of frustration, which is said to be trishna, clinging or grasping, based on avidya, which is ignorance or unconsciousness. Now avidya is the formal opposite of awakening. It is the state of the mind when hypnotized or spellbound by maya, so that it mistakes the abstract world of things and events for the
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Venerable Nyanatiloka’s classic anthology, The Word of the Buddha.
Bhikkhu Bodhi • The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
