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(rebirth).
Tango no Sekku
(Japanese boys' festival):
(Japanese boys' festival):
Ta
h
h(P
li)
or t
(Skt., ‘thirst’). Thirsting or craving after the objects of the senses and the mind; according to the second Noble Truth (see
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
) in Buddhism, the root cause of all suffering.
Nirv
na
is synonymous with the extinction of all thirsting.
li)or t
(Skt., ‘thirst’). Thirsting or craving after the objects of the senses and the mind; according to the second Noble Truth (seeFOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
) in Buddhism, the root cause of all suffering.
Nirv
nais synonymous with the extinction of all thirsting.
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