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. ^210539 ## 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: > > 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). ^anusaya-types ## Rāgānusayo, Paṭighānusayo, and Avijjānusayo (Greed, Repulsion, and Ignorance) ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^vedana-anusaya]] ![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^puthujjana-attach-resist]]