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  2. Taṇhā - Wikipedia

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    Quenching and blowing out these fires completely, is the path to final release from dukkha and saṃsāra, in Buddhism. [12] The Pali texts, states David Webster, repeatedly recommend that one must destroy taṇhā completely, and this destruction is necessary for nirvāṇa .

  3. Cultural references to donkeys - Wikipedia

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    The philosopher Jean Buridan (1300-1358) proposed a dilemma in which a hypothetical donkey suffering from hunger and thirst finds itself halfway between a bucket of fresh water and enjoyable bales of hay. This makes the donkey perplexed, as it does not know whether to quench its thirst first or appease its hunger later or the vice versa.

  4. Kuafu - Wikipedia

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    One day, Kuafu decided to chase and catch the Sun. He followed the Sun from the East to the West, draining the Yellow River and the Wei River (all rivers and lakes crossing his path) to quench his burning thirst. However, the big rivers were also unable to quench his thirst, and as he searched for more water, he eventually died of dehydration.

  5. Tantalus - Wikipedia

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    Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...

  6. Thirst - Wikipedia

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    According to preliminary research, quenching of thirst – the homeostatic mechanism to stop drinking – occurs via two neural phases: a "preabsorptive" phase which signals quenched thirst many minutes before fluid is absorbed from the stomach and distributed to the body via the circulation, and a "postabsorptive" phase which is regulated by ...

  7. Najat Abdul Samad - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Samad was born in As-Suwayda, Syria, in 1967 as part of the local Druze community. After her medical training as a gynecologist and obstetrician at the University of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and working in this profession for several years, she obtained a degree in Arabic Language and Literature from Damascus University.

  8. Trishna (Vedic thought) - Wikipedia

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    Gautama Buddha said that the cause of sorrow – the second of the Four Noble Truths – is desire; and the cause of desire is tanha or trishna. [8]The truth is - that deeds come from upādāna (clinging to existence), upādāna comes from trishna (craving), trishna comes from vedana (torture), the perception of pain and pleasure, the desire for rest; sensation (contact with objects) brings ...

  9. Matthew 12:20 - Wikipedia

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    He shall not quench a smoking flax, shows the feebleness of that spark which though not quenched, only moulders in the flax, and that among the remnants of that ancient grace, the Spirit is yet not quite taken away from Israel, but power still remains to them of resuming the whole flame thereof in a day of penitence." [3]