<p>Reification is simpistic naive superficial perception. It's a generalization of the same problem that children have with toys. A child sees a new shiny toy and because he does not think deeply, because his perception is superficial - in his mind the toy is attractive and desirable.</p>

<p>Reification is seeing the outer image and buying into its glow, its fake promise to make you happy. </p>

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Does this 'perception' you are referring to apply to every sense object? Also relationships etc.?
Val
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Yes, of course.
Andriy Volkov
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Andriy Volkov
<p>Below, it says that "craving" is the habit of reifying things, resulting in the notion that we need ever-increasingly more things to live happily.</p>

<p>How could craving (tanha) be the habit of reification (papanca)? How does it link?</p>

<p>From Piya Tan's commentary of <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.6abc-Cetana-S-s12.38-40-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cetana Sutta (SN 12.38-40)</a>:</p>

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  <p>What is interesting here is Mahā Cunda’s statement (from <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/11.12-Channovada-S-m144-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MN 144</a>)
  that rebirth and suffering are rooted in "emotional dependence"
  (<em>nissita</em>), which the Majjhima Commentary explains as arising on
  account of craving and view (MA 5:83). <strong>"Craving" is the habit of
  reifying people, things and ideas, resulting in the notion that we
  need "more and more" to live happily;</strong> "view" is the delusion that
  sustains and moves craving, and its necessary opposite, hate.</p>
</blockquote>

<craving><papanca><tanha>
How could craving be the habit of reification?
# How could craving be the habit of reification?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-24)

Below, it says that "craving" is the habit of reifying things, resulting in the notion that we need ever-increasingly more things to live happily.

How could craving (tanha) be the habit of reification (papanca)? How does it link?

From Piya Tan's commentary of [Cetana Sutta (SN 12.38-40)](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.6abc-Cetana-S-s12.38-40-piya.pdf):

> What is interesting here is Mahā Cunda’s statement (from [MN 144](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/11.12-Channovada-S-m144-piya.pdf))
> that rebirth and suffering are rooted in "emotional dependence"
> (*nissita*), which the Majjhima Commentary explains as arising on
> account of craving and view (MA 5:83). **"Craving" is the habit of
> reifying people, things and ideas, resulting in the notion that we
> need "more and more" to live happily;** "view" is the delusion that
> sustains and moves craving, and its necessary opposite, hate.

**Tags:** craving, papanca, tanha


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Reification is simpistic naive superficial perception. It's a generalization of the same problem that children have with toys. A child sees a new shiny toy and because he does not think deeply, because his perception is superficial - in his mind the toy is attractive and desirable.

Reification is seeing the outer image and buying into its glow, its fake promise to make you happy.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Does this 'perception' you are referring to apply to every sense object? Also relationships etc.?  
> **username_1**: Yes, of course.  

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