Reading Highlight

Experiences of liking are so strong that Buddha called them cravings. He put these cravings into three categories: craving for pleasure, craving for existence, and craving for nonexistence. These cravings are tendencies that are so deeply rooted in our system that we might not be able to change them right away. The concept of three cravings is important for understanding the primary root of human misery. Because Buddha discovered that all of our misery—anxiety, worry, fear, or hatred—originally came from one of those three cravings.