Greed is often associated with death and disease.

Greed is a desire to obtain more money, wealth, material possessions or any other entity than one needs. Greed is listed as one of the Catholic seven deadly sins, usually by the synonym of avarice. Image File history File links US_cash_and_skull. ... Image File history File links US_cash_and_skull. ... An example of Money. ... Wealth derives from the old English word weal, which meant well-being or welfare. The term was originally an adjective to describe the possession of such qualities. ... An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...

Desire to increase one's wealth has become more acceptable (and the word, "greed", used less frequently) in Western culture, where the desire to acquire wealth has been understood as indispensable for economic prosperity- this is the trickle-down theory, although it is disputable whether this is truly "greed". Most believe that there are varying degrees to the pursuit of material wealth, some lesser degrees might not be considered to be "greed". It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Trickle-down effect. ...

When greed entails the covetousness of another person's attributes, the term envy is used. When greed is applied to the subject of the excessive consumption of food or drink the term gluttony is often used, another of the Catholic seven deadly sins. Greed is sometimes represented by the color yellow and the frog. See Envy (band) for the Japanese hardcore band. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids. ... Gluttony can also refer to a character named Gluttony - a homonculus from the anime series Full Metal Alchemist Gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste. ...

Buddhists believe greed is based on incorrectly connecting material wealth with happiness. This is caused by a deluded view that exaggerates the positive aspects of an object. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...

See also

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• Miser
• Mammon

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, usually to the point of forgoing even basic comforts. ... Mammon is used in the New Testament to describe material wealth or avarice. ...

External links

• A Buddhist View on Attachment