Parent:: [[Kilesa]]
# Anusaya (Latent/Dormant Tendencies)
> [!info]
> - Vilas: **Anusaya** (meaning sleeping) — **Kilesa** which is hidden SO deep (in the unconscious level) that you feel you don't have it.
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## Types of Anusaya
> [!quote] Types of Anusaya (source: [accesstoinsights.org](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html#anusaya))
> Anusaya (“obsesssion”; “underlying tendency”). (The etymology of anusaya means “lying down with”; in actual usage, the related verb (anuseti) means to be obsessed). There are seven major obsessions to which the mind returns over and over again:
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> 1. obsession with sensual passion (kamaraganusaya),
> 2. obsession with resistance (patighanusaya),
> 3. obsession with views (ditthanusaya),
> 4. obsession with uncertainty (vicikicchanusaya),
> 5. obsession with conceit (manusaya),
> 6. obsession with passion for becoming (bhavaraganusaya), and
> 7. obsession with ignorance (avijjanusaya).
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## Rāgānusayo, Paṭighānusayo, and Avijjānusayo (Greed, Repulsion, and Ignorance)
![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^vedana-anusaya]]
![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^puthujjana-attach-resist]]