Upādāna

Upādāna (Sanskrit, Faded; Japanese: Shu), means attachment .

According to the conditioned Coproduction, the attachment is conditioned by thirst, or desire, Tṛṣna, and conditions in its turn it to become, Bhava.

The consitutants of a person are named upādāna- Skandha S, “aggregates of attachment”.

Analyzes

According to Buddhaghosa, upādāna is simply an intensification of tṛṣna. But the analysis of these two links of the interdependence seems to distinguish them.

Four attachments are distinguished by the Dhammasangani:

sensual Attachment, kāmaupādāna
Attachment with the erroneous designs, ditthiupādāna
Attachment with ritual, silabbataupādāna
belief in the personality, attavadaupādāna

The sensual attachment seems to cover the concept of sensory thirst, kāma Tṛṣna; the three other attachment correspond as for them to three of the Ten bonds, samyojana.

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