อุปาทาน

ù-bpaa-taan

Meanings

1NounC1

clinging; attachment (Buddhism)

in Buddhism, grasping or clinging to sense-pleasures, views, rites and rituals, or the idea of self, considered a cause of suffering.

Examples

พระอาจารย์prá aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá aa-jaan1Venerable teacher (Buddhist monk)2revered monk-teacher (form of address)อธิบายà-tí-baaiอธิบายà-tí-baai1[to] interpret; expound2[to] explain; clarifyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeอุปาทานù-bpaa-taanอุปาทานù-bpaa-taan1clinging; attachment (Buddhism)2delusion; imagined beliefคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectการยึดมั่นถือมั่นgaan yéut mân tĕuu mânการยึดมั่นถือมั่นgaan yéut mân tĕuu mânattachment; clinging; stubborn adherenceจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveให้ใจhâi jaiให้ใจhâi jai1[to] be supportive; show loyalty2[to] open your heart to [sb]; be emotionally investedเป็นทุกข์bpen túkเป็นทุกข์bpen túk[to] be unhappy; [to] suffer
The monk explained that upādāna is clinging, which causes the mind to suffer.
2NounC1

delusion; imagined belief

a mistaken or imagined perception or belief accepted as real; colloquially, an illusion or something made up

Examples

หลายคนlăai konหลายคนlăai konmany/several peopleเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...ตึกdtèukตึกdtèukbuilding (large, multi-story)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoผีpĕeผีpĕe1ghost; spirit2spirit; demon3obsessive fan (slang, as prefix ผี-)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)บางทีbaang teeบางทีbaang tee1sometimes; at times2maybe; perhaps (informal)อาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)อุปาทานù-bpaa-taanอุปาทานù-bpaa-taan1clinging; attachment (Buddhism)2delusion; imagined beliefจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)เรื่องเล่าrêuuang lâoเรื่องเล่าrêuuang lâo1story; narrative; account2anecdote; oral taleปากต่อปากbpàak dtòr bpàakปากต่อปากbpàak dtòr bpàakby word of mouth
Many people believe this building is haunted, but it might just be an illusion from hearsay.

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