Kama

Not to be confused with Karma or Kama (Tibetan Buddhism).

Kama refers to sensuality or sensual pleasures.

In Theravada texts, this term is often combined with other terms or words. For example:

• Kamacchanda (sensory desire) is one of the Five hindrances
• Kama-tanha (sense-craving) is one of three aspects of Tanha
• Kamasankappa - refers to intention governed by desire; here desire can be interpreted as self-seeking desire in all its forms (Bikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path (Access to Insight: 1999) p. 26)
• Nekkhamma refers to being free from sensory desire

See also

• Nekkhamma

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