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Upādāna is a Sanskrit and Pali word that means "fuel, material cause, substrate that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized". It is also an important Buddhist concept referring to "attachment, clinging, grasping". It is considered to be the result of taṇhā (craving), and is part of the dukkha (dissatisfaction, suffering, pain) doctrine in Buddhism.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Clinging in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Clinging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:
If the history question is handled properly, then relations between the three countries can progress. If not, then they will certainly stall, this certainly isn't China and South Korea clinging on to old debts, but because for these three countries there is no way to avoid history, and it cannot be overlooked.
I told you a year ago that nobody is going to promise the moon, you have full constitutional right to vote on the question of dismissing Ukraine's cabinet. Put it to the vote. I'll accept the decision of the Ukrainian parliament. I'm not clinging to this chair.
The old oligarch system is still clinging to life, and corruption is its life support, ukraine must continue to pursue economic reforms in line with European standards and fully empower all of its anti-corruption institutions.
The parties stopped working for the people. They are just clinging onto their own seats and their own power.
Focusing more time on close relationships may boost well-being in the short term, in fact, recent research has observed a decrease in loneliness following the pandemic — this may reflect the fact that many people are now clinging to their closest ties. ... Although physical contact is now much more limited, many of these other( virtual) bonding opportunities are just as abundant as ever.
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- التشبثArabic
- agarradoPortuguese
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