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Desire to act

chanda
Mind & theory Going deeper Stage 5 of 8

Wanting to act; the "reaching out of the mental hand" towards the object (Vism XIV.150). An ethically variable mental factor — as kusala-chanda a load-bearing path factor, as kāmacchanda a hindrance.

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Passages where chanda occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Tipiṭaka · Lange Lehrreden 16 · German Primary passage

    Er wandte sich an den Mönch namens Cundaka: „Breite meine gefaltete Robe aus, sodass ich mich hinlegen kann.“ Er, der entwickelt ist, spornte Cunda an, der rasch die gefaltete Robe ausbreitete. Der Lehrer, so müde, legte sich hin, während Cunda sich vor ihn setzte. Dann wandte sich der Buddha an den Ehrwürdigen Ānanda: „Es könnte nun vorkommen, Ānanda, dass jemand bei Cunda dem Schmied Zerknirschung auslöst: ‚Es ist dein Pech, geehrter Cunda, dein Missgeschick! Denn der Klargewordene verlosch vollkommen, nachdem er von dir sein letztes Almosenmahl gegessen hatte.‘ Ihr solltet die Zerknirschung von Cunda dem Schmied folgendermaßen vertreiben: ‚Du hast Glück, geehrter Cunda, so großes Glück!

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  • Tipiṭaka · ud8.5 · German

    ‘It’s your loss, respectable Cunda, it’s your misfortune, in that the Realized One was fully quenched after eating his last almsmeal from you.’ ‚Es ist dein Pech, Geehrter Cunda, dein Missgeschick! Denn der Klargewordene verlosch vollkommen, nachdem er von dir sein letztes Almosenmahl gegessen hatte.‘ Cundassānanda, kammāraputtassa evaṁ vippaṭisāro paṭivinodetabbo— You should get rid of remorse in Cunda the smith like this: Ihr solltet die Zerknirschung von Cunda dem Schmied folgendermaßen vertreiben: Tassa te, āvuso cunda, lābhā, tassa te suladdhaṁ ‘You’re fortunate, respectable Cunda, you’re so very fortunate, ‚Du hast Glück, Geehrter Cunda, so großes Glück! yassa te tathāgato pacchimaṁ …

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  • Kangyur · The Play in Full · English

    As midnight arrived, the Bodhisattva spoke to Chanda In a voice captivating like Brahmā’s and sweet as a nightingale: “Chanda, bring Kaṇṭhaka, well adorned and well groomed. Do not create obstacles and do not hesitate, if you have any affection for me.”

  • Poetry & poetics · Gūḍhārthadīpikā commentary on Ghaṭakharparakāvya · Sanskrit

    10 virahiṇām atiduṣprasahasya te ity api pāṭho [']sti | kuṭajo [']pi 11 kadambake iti kecit [?]. asya ślokasya pañcadaśapadāni. drutavi[=] 12 lambitaś chanda||. drutavilambitam āha nabhau bharāv iti lakṣaṇaṃ | 18 | 13 taruvara v<a>[[i]]natāsmi te sadāhaṃ hṛdayaṃ me prakaroṣi kiṃ sadāhaṃ ||

  • Old Javanese · Candrakiraṇa, The Rays of the Moon: Digital Critical Edition and Translation of an Old Javanese Poetological Treatise · Old Javanese

    iti palu-paluniṅ chanda itih phulu-phulunī canda iti, phalu-phaluniṅ cāndā, ayva vera poma . siddhir astu bhūr bhār siddhā siddha . amarās amaraḥ amara tridaśāḥ trīdaśa trīdaśā tridaśa proktāḥ proktaḥ , gīrvāṇā śrīvaṇaḥ śrīvvaṇaḥ śrivvaṇaḥ vibudhāḥ vivudaḥ vivudhaḥ surāḥ śuraḥ suraḥ , vr̥ndārakā vr̥ddarakaḥ vr̥ndārakaḥ aditijā hāditejaḥ haditejaḥ , nirjarā nirjvarā nirjvaraḥ dānavadviṣaḥ dhānavādviṭāsaḥ dhanavādvīṭsa dhanavadviṭasa .

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