CLINGING - Upadana

"Dependent on craving as a condition, clinging arises."
Now we are dealing with the forward movement of the round. Clinging is the intensification of craving.

There are four types of clinging:
(a)  clinging to sense pleasures.
(b)  clinging to views, theories and beliefs
(c)  clinging to rituals , rules and observances.
(d)  cling to the notion of a self within the five aggregates

The difference between craving and clinging is illustrated by a simile. Craving is like a thief extending his hand to grasp an object that he intends to steal, clinging is like the thief grasping hold of the object and taking possession of it.

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