paths_of_knowing Aversion to dislikes

Aversion, Dislike

📜 SÅ«tra 2.8 (Definition of Dveá¹£a): “Duḥkha-anusmá¹›ti-raga-anubandhÄ« dveá¹£aḥ”“Aversion is that which follows the experience of pain.” This means dveá¹£a arises from memory of suffering—when the mind recalls pain, it forms a mental pattern of rejection or resistance. That reaction becomes…