Yes — in Buddhist teaching, freedom from rāga and dvesa/dosa is central.
- Rāga = craving, attachment, greed, passionate clinging
- Dvesa (Sanskrit) / Dosa (Pali) = aversion, hatred, ill will
Along with moha (delusion), they are called the “three poisons” that keep beings trapped in suffering.
\text{Rāga (attachment)} + \text{Dosa (aversion)} + \text{Moha (delusion)} \rightarrow \text{Suffering}
The Buddha’s path is not emotional numbness. It is learning to:
- enjoy without clinging,
- face pain without hatred,
- and see clearly without illusion.
A balanced mind is sometimes described as:
- neither grasping nor rejecting,
- neither intoxicated by pleasure nor destroyed by pain.
This connects strongly with:
- mindfulness,
- equanimity (upekkhā),
- compassion,
- and insight (paññā).
In meditation traditions like Vipassanā, practitioners observe sensations and thoughts without reacting with craving (rāga) or aversion (dosa). Over time, this weakens suffering at its root.
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