What do you mean by worldly desires?

"worldly desires" is a concept in the traditional culture of China, which is used to describe the types and characteristics of people's emotions and desires.

Seven emotional factors

"Seven emotions" refers to seven basic emotions of people, including:

1. Happiness: feelings and emotions about happiness and happiness.

2. Anger: the expression of anger, indignation, dissatisfaction and other emotions.

3. sorrow: sorrow and sorrow.

4. Surprise: an unexpected reaction to sudden external situations or information.

5. Love: emotion, emotional connection and attachment to others or things.

6. Evil: hatred, disgust and disgust.

7. Desire: the pursuit of material and spiritual desires.

These seven emotions exist widely in human life and constitute the basic framework of human emotional world. In traditional culture, these seven emotions are regarded as the main source of emotional changes in the human world and an important element of communication in interpersonal relationships.

Six desires

"Six desires" refer to six basic types of human desires, namely:

1. lust: the pursuit and desire for appearance and sexual attraction.

2. Sound desire: appreciation and desire for sound and music.

3. Aroma desire: the love and pursuit of aroma and smell.

4. Taste: preference and pursuit of food taste.

5. Touch desire: the pursuit and love of touch and touch.

6. The pursuit of knowledge, wisdom and virtue.

These six desires are related to people's desire and pursuit of senses and psychology, which constitute people's perception and cognition of the world.

In traditional culture, it emphasizes the control and adjustment of secular desires. This is because excessive indulgence of emotions and desires will lead to individual inner anxiety and irrational behavior, and even have a negative impact on morality and society. Therefore, we should teach people to balance their emotions and manage their desires in order to pursue inner peace, purity and peace of mind.

These concepts do not require the elimination of emotions and desires, but teach people to be temperate when dealing with emotions and desires, so as to achieve inner peace and physical and mental health. This plays an important role in personal cultivation and moral education.