{"id":9133,"date":"2026-06-15T18:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/?p=9133"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:43:17","slug":"greed-hatred-delusion-three-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/en\/greed-hatred-delusion-three-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Greed, Hatred and Delusion: The Three Poisons and the Three Unwholesome Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.entry-title{display:none!important}\n.dpmag{background:#FBF8F2;}\n.dpmag{--linen:#FBF8F2;--linen2:#F3ECE0;--paper:#FFFFFF;--brown:#6B4226;--brown2:#8A5A30;--gold:#B8860B;--green:#5A6E4A;--ink:#2B2B2B;--grey:#7A7368;}\n.dpmag *{box-sizing:border-box;}\n.dpmag{margin:0;background:var(--linen);color:var(--ink);font-family:\"Iowan Old Style\",\"Palatino Linotype\",\"Noto Serif\",serif;line-height:1.78;font-size:19px;}\n.dpmag .wrap{max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 22px 90px;}\n.dpmag 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Poisons and the Three Unwholesome Roots<\/h1>\n<p class=\"dek\">Trace any affliction or suffering back far enough and you arrive at these three roots. To understand them is to understand the very mechanism of suffering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"meta\"><span><b>Category:<\/b> Buddhism Basics<\/span><span><b>Reading time:<\/b> 8 min read<\/span><span class=\"tag\">#greedhatreddelusion #threepoisons #defilements<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero\"><\/div>\n<article>\n<p>The Buddha&#8217;s teaching points out that every affliction and every suffering, traced to its source, grows from three roots: <strong>greed, hatred and delusion<\/strong> \u2014 known as the \u201cthree poisons.\u201d To understand these three poisons is to understand the very mechanism that produces suffering \u2014 and therefore to understand where transformation must begin if we are to reach liberation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box pali\"><span class=\"lbl\">P\u0101li term<\/span><b class=\"term\">Lobha, Dosa, Moha<\/b> \u2014 greed (attachment, craving), hatred (aversion, resistance), delusion (ignorance, confusion). The three unwholesome roots (akusala-m\u016bla), called the \u201cthree poisons\u201d because they poison the mind and give rise to all suffering.<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 1<\/span>Why they are called the \u201cthree poisons\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Greed, hatred and delusion are called the \u201cthree poisons\u201d because they poison the mind the way a toxin poisons the body. Just as poison brings sickness and pain to the body, these three bring every kind of affliction and suffering to the mind. They are the three \u201cunwholesome roots\u201d (akusala-m\u016bla) \u2014 the roots from which every other unwholesome mental state and action springs. Every negative emotion, every harmful act, every inner pain, traced to its source, grows out of one or more of these three poisons. This is a profound analysis with great practical value: instead of having to deal with countless different expressions of affliction, we realize they all come down to three roots \u2014 and so the work of practice becomes clear. Transform these three roots, thin them out and finally uproot them, and every affliction that grows from them dissolves along with them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 2<\/span>Greed (lobha): attachment and craving<\/h2>\n<p>The first poison is <em>greed<\/em> \u2014 attachment, craving, the wish to possess. Greed is the mind&#8217;s tendency to pull toward itself, to cling to and own whatever is pleasant and attractive. It shows up in countless forms: hunger for sensual pleasure; craving for wealth, fame and power; clinging to people, things and opinions; an avarice that never feels it has enough. Greed creates suffering because by nature it can never be fully satisfied (satisfying one desire only gives birth to another), and because it leads to pain when we cannot get what we want, or when we lose what we cling to. Greed also keeps the mind restless, forever in a state of lack and longing. The antidote to greed is non-greed \u2014 generosity, contentment, and letting go of clinging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box kinh\"><span class=\"lbl\">From the Suttas<\/span>\u201cWhere does greed arise from? Where does hatred arise from? It is from this mind that they arise, as a child is born of its mother. Pull them out by the root.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Sutta Nip\u0101ta (paraphrase)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"pull\">Greed pulls in, hatred pushes away, delusion clouds the eyes \u2014 these three forces, traced to their source, are the root of all the suffering we create.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 3<\/span>Hatred (dosa): aversion and resistance<\/h2>\n<p>The second poison is <em>hatred<\/em> \u2014 aversion, resistance, pushing away. If greed is the tendency to pull toward ourselves what is pleasant, hatred is the tendency to push away and resist what is unpleasant. Hatred shows up as anger, resentment, enmity, irritation, annoyance, ill will and cruelty, and also in subtler forms such as harsh judgment or a negative attitude. Hatred creates suffering plainly and immediately: the fire of anger burns up our own peace the moment it arises, before it has a chance to harm anyone else \u2014 like \u201cpicking up a hot coal to throw at someone: the first one burned is yourself.\u201d Hatred also leads to harmful actions and destroys relationships. The antidote to hatred is non-hatred \u2014 loving-kindness, patience, and the ability to accept what is unpleasant without resisting it in anger.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 4<\/span>Delusion (moha): ignorance and confusion<\/h2>\n<p>The third and deepest poison is <em>delusion<\/em> \u2014 ignorance, confusion, not seeing reality clearly. Delusion is the deepest root of all, the one from which greed and hatred arise. Why? Because it is precisely by not seeing reality clearly \u2014 above all, through the illusion of a permanent \u201cself\u201d that must be protected and gratified, and through not seeing impermanence, suffering and non-self \u2014 that we give rise to greed (wanting to grab things for \u201cme\u201d) and hatred (wanting to push away whatever threatens \u201cme\u201d). Delusion shows up as error, lack of understanding, wrong views, confusion, and failure to perceive the true nature of things. Because delusion is the deepest root, it is also the hardest poison to pull out \u2014 and the only poison that wisdom alone can transform. The antidote to delusion is non-delusion \u2014 wisdom, the clear seeing of reality as it is. This is why insight (pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101) plays the decisive role in liberation: it directly uproots the deepest of the three poisons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box thuchanh\"><span class=\"lbl\">The three poisons and their antidotes<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Greed<\/b> (pulling in, craving) \u2192 antidote: <b>non-greed<\/b> (generosity, contentment, letting go).<br \/>\n<b>Hatred<\/b> (pushing away, aversion) \u2192 antidote: <b>non-hatred<\/b> (loving-kindness, patience, acceptance).<br \/>\n<b>Delusion<\/b> (confusion, ignorance) \u2192 antidote: <b>non-delusion<\/b> (wisdom, seeing reality clearly).<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 5<\/span>The three poisons are linked together<\/h2>\n<p>The three poisons do not operate separately; they are linked and feed one another. Delusion (ignorance) is the deepest root \u2014 out of not seeing reality clearly and the illusion of a self, greed and hatred are born. Greed and hatred in turn reinforce delusion: when we are swept up in craving or aversion, the mind grows ever more clouded and sees ever less clearly. So the three poisons keep circling, nourishing each other and holding us in the cycle of suffering and rebirth. Understanding this linkage has practical meaning: it shows why wisdom (the transformation of delusion) is the key \u2014 when the deepest root, ignorance, is uprooted, greed and hatred, which grow from it, lose their footing. At the same time, thinning out greed and hatred (through keeping precepts, cultivating loving-kindness and practising letting go) makes the mind clearer and supports the growth of wisdom. That is why the path of virtue, concentration and wisdom works on all three poisons comprehensively: virtue and concentration thin out greed and hatred and calm the mind, creating the conditions for wisdom to arise and uproot delusion completely.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 6<\/span>Transforming the three poisons is the whole path<\/h2>\n<p>Understanding the three poisons gives us a clear, unified view of the entire path of practice: it is simply the process of transforming the three poisons into the three wholesome roots \u2014 greed into non-greed (generosity, contentment), hatred into non-hatred (loving-kindness), and delusion into non-delusion (wisdom). Seen from this angle, every practice in the Buddha&#8217;s teaching serves to transform the three poisons: giving and contentment thin out greed; loving-kindness meditation and patience thin out hatred; insight meditation and study of the Dhamma thin out delusion. This view both simplifies and deepens our understanding of practice: instead of seeing countless things to do, we see one unified goal \u2014 to gradually thin out and finally uproot the three roots of suffering. And every step on this path brings benefit right away: each time we thin out a little greed, hatred or delusion, the mind becomes lighter, more peaceful and freer. When the three poisons are finally and completely abandoned, that is Nibb\u0101na \u2014 the complete extinguishing of the three fires of greed, hatred and delusion, and the supreme peace of a mind wholly free.<\/p>\n<p>Today, notice which of the three poisons is most active in your mind \u2014 and try applying its corresponding antidote.<\/p>\n<p><!--dpmrg--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 7<\/span>The three poisons through the eyes of the Abhidhamma: delusion is the hidden root<\/h2>\n<p>The Abhidhamma calls the three poisons by a more precise name: <em>akusala hetu<\/em> \u2014 the three unwholesome <b>roots<\/b>. The word \u201croot\u201d (hetu) has a technical meaning here: it is a mental factor that acts as the foundation for an entire moment of mind and determines whether that mind is wholesome or unwholesome \u2014 just as the roots determine the vitality of a tree.<\/p>\n<p>And there is an important detail that the everyday way of speaking leaves out: <strong>delusion (moha) is present in every unwholesome state of mind<\/strong>. Greed and hatred never arise without delusion accompanying them.<\/p>\n<p>This explains why delusion is the most hidden root and also the most dangerous. It is only when we fail to see that something is impermanent that we greedily hold on to it. It is only when we do not understand cause and effect that we lash out with hurtful words in anger. Delusion is the fog in which the other two poisons find room to multiply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull\">Greed is a clenched hand \u2014 the tighter it grips, the more it hurts. Hatred is a hand that shoves away \u2014 like picking up a hot coal to throw at someone: the first one burned is yourself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box kinh\"><span class=\"lbl\">From the Suttas<\/span>\u201cHatred arises from within and harms the very one who harbours it, as rust eats away the iron from which it springs.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Dhammapada, verse 240<\/cite><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"num\">PART 8<\/span>Replacing the poison with its opposite quality<\/h2>\n<p>The good news of the Abhidhamma lies in one law: an unwholesome mental factor and a wholesome mental factor cannot be present in the same mind-moment. So the way to counter a poison is not to fight it head-on, but to nourish its opposite quality so that it takes the poison&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Greed<\/b> has as its opposite <em>non-greed (alobha)<\/em> \u2014 nourished by giving, letting go a little, and contentment.<br \/><b>Hatred<\/b> has as its opposite <em>non-hatred (adosa)<\/em> \u2014 nourished by loving-kindness, forgiveness and patience.<br \/><b>Delusion<\/b> has as its opposite <em>non-delusion (amoha)<\/em>, that is, wisdom \u2014 nourished by mindfulness, contemplation and study of the Dhamma.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box thuchanh\"><span class=\"lbl\">Try it today<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. When a poison arises, first call it by its right name: is it greed, hatred, or delusion?<\/p>\n<p>2. Then invite its opposite: when you see greed, let go a little or give away something small; when you see hatred, silently wish well to the very person you are annoyed with; when you see confusion, stop, breathe, and ask, \u201cWhat is actually true here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. You don&#8217;t need a total victory \u2014 every time you replace a poison with a wholesome quality, the unwholesome root grows a little weaker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Seen from the Abhidhamma, the whole path of practice is the process of making the three unwholesome roots grow thinner and the three wholesome roots grow stronger \u2014 until, in the awakened one, the three poisons are extinguished for good. That is also the very definition of <a href=\"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/nibbana-niet-ban-la-gi\/\">Nibb\u0101na<\/a>: the complete extinguishing of greed, hatred and delusion.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/dpmrg--><\/p>\n<div class=\"tomlai\"><span class=\"lbl\">In short<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Greed, hatred and delusion<\/b> (the \u201cthree poisons\u201d) are the three unwholesome roots \u2014 the roots of all affliction and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Greed (pulling in, craving) \u2192 non-greed; hatred (pushing away, aversion) \u2192 non-hatred; delusion (confusion, ignorance) \u2192 non-delusion (wisdom).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Delusion is the deepest root, from which greed and hatred arise; the three poisons are linked and feed one another, holding us in suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The whole path of practice is transforming the three poisons into the three wholesome roots; their complete abandonment is Nibb\u0101na.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box suyngam\"><span class=\"lbl\">Questions for reflection<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the three poisons, which one dominates your mind most at this stage of your life?<\/li>\n<li>Can you see how delusion \u2014 not seeing reality clearly \u2014 lies beneath your own greed and hatred?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--dpil--><\/p>\n<div class=\"dpnext\"><span class=\"lbl\">Continue reading in this series<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"hub\">This article is part of the <b>Buddhism Fundamentals<\/b> series \u2014 a reading path best followed in order.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dp-lang-index\"><li style=\"margin:0 0 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/en\/is-kamma-fate\/\" style=\"color:#6B4226;font-weight:600\">Is Kamma Fate? 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See <a href=\"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/about\/\">our sources and how we write<\/a> \u00b7 Spotted something that needs correcting? <a href=\"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/contact\/\">Let us know<\/a>.<br \/>Translated from the Vietnamese original: <a href=\"https:\/\/dongphap.net\/en\/greed-hatred-delusion-three-roots\/\" hreflang=\"vi\" lang=\"vi\">Tham, s\u00e2n, si l\u00e0 g\u00ec? Ba \u0111\u1ed9c v\u00e0 ba c\u1ed9i r\u1ec5 b\u1ea5t thi\u1ec7n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greed, hatred and delusion\u2014the three poisons\u2014are the roots of all affliction. 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