u/Oke_Japan

Greetings,

absolute beginner here:

I cant wrap my mind around the relationship between desire and greed. Or chanda, tanha and lobha.

So, if we analyze the act of acting:

There is the state of the world A (i am hungry). We want to change this to another state of the world B (i am saturated). The tool to reach this specific state is eating.

So we eat.

We can use this template for every action.
I cant see where there is the distinction between unwholseome (greed) and wholesome or neutral.

What are the criteria. Can I see them only in my practice by rigorouse selfquestioning? Is this intelectual approach completely misguided?

Or put it in other words: How can an arahant act?

Thank you for your help and your work!