กามฉันทะ(gaam chăn-tá)

Meanings

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sensual desire; lust (Buddhist term)

craving for sense pleasures (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches); in Buddhism, one of the Five Hindrances

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterเจริญสมาธิภาวนาjà-rern sà-maa-tí paa-wá-naaเจริญสมาธิภาวนาjà-rern sà-maa-tí paa-wá-naa[to] practice meditation; [to] cultivate concentration (samādhi)ผู้ปฏิบัติpôo bpà-dtì-bàtผู้ปฏิบัติpôo bpà-dtì-bàt1practitioner; implementer2operator; operativeจะต้องjà dtôngจะต้องjà dtông1must; have to; be obliged to2be certain/inevitableเรียนรู้riian róoเรียนรู้riian róo[to] learn; acquire knowledgeที่จะtêe jàที่จะtêe jà1that/which/who will; that is/are going to2to (after a noun/adj; infinitival 'to')เท่าทันtâo tanเท่าทันtâo tan1keep up with; keep pace with2[to] see through in time; be alert to3match; be on par withและláeและláeand (coordinating)ปล่อยวางbplòi waangปล่อยวางbplòi waang[to] let go; detach (mentally)กามฉันทะgaam chăn-táกามฉันทะgaam chăn-tásensual desire; lust (Buddhist term)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêunเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêun[to] happen; occur; arise; emerge; come into beingในใจnai jaiในใจnai jai1inwardly; to oneself2inwardly; internally
In meditation practice, the practitioner must learn to be aware of and let go of the sensual desire that arises in the mind.