The '''three poisons''' (Sanskrit: ''triviṣa''; Tibetan: ''dug gsum'') or the '''three unwholesome roots''' (Sanskrit: ''akuśala-mūla''; Pāli: ''akusala-mūla''), in [[Buddhism]], refer to the three root [[Kleshas (Buddhism)|kleshas]]: ''[[Moha (Buddhism)|Moha]]'' (delusion,confusionor ignorance ([[Avidyā (Buddhism)|Avidyā]]), ''[[Raga (Buddhism)|Raga]]'' (sensual attachment, greed), and ''[[Dvesha (Buddhism)|Dvesha]]'' (aversion, hate).<ref name=buswelllopezmoha>{{cite book|author1=Robert E. Buswell Jr.|author2=Donald S. Lopez Jr.|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ |year=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4805-8 |pages=546, 59, 68}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Damien Keown |title=A Dictionary of Buddhism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=985a1M7L1NcC|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-157917-2|pages=8, 47, 89, 106, 143}}</ref> These three poisons are considered to be three afflictions or character flaws that are innate in a being, the root of ''[[Taṇhā|craving]]'' (craving), and thus in part the cause of ''[[Dukkha]]''| (suffering, pain, or unsatisfactoriness)]]'' and rebirthsrebirth.<ref name=buswelllopezmoha/><ref>{{cite book|author=David Webster |title=The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLPGFoLED7sC |year=2005|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-34652-8 |pages=100–105, 177, 236}}</ref>
The three poisons are symbolically drawn at the center of Buddhist ''[[Bhavachakra]]'' artwork, with rooster, snake, and pig, representing greed, ill-will, and delusion respectively.<ref name=davidloyp28>{{cite book|author=David Loy |title=The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwF6-sgB-UkC |year=2003|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-86171-366-0 |pages=28 }}</ref><ref name=guidofreddi>{{cite web|author=Guido Freddi |title=Bhavacakra and Mindfulness |url=https://www.academia.edu/40938931|year=2019 }}</ref>
