What is an affliction that should be destroyed

As for the meaning of the word, that is true.
Your interpretation is correct.

It's also a bit unreliable to end up, so I have some advice for you.

I feel like my point of view is a little too worried.
Speaking of how to say it, the most important thing about this affliction theory is to say “notice that people feel pain due to affliction.”

It's impossible to say that you don't understand the twelve causes at all, even though they have studied as much as you.
I think there are things that can be seen by paying a little more attention to the movements of the human mind without being caught up in words or examples.

As you may have noticed, Buddhist thought cannot be understood by “analysis” or “statistics,” which are modern scientific ways of thinking.
It is very difficult to fully grasp the Buddha's law, which encompasses all cases, but on the contrary, there is no such thing as not being able to understand it at all.
That's because I've “experienced” quite a bit.

If you are looking for knowledge, can you leave it as it is, but if the goal is to destroy ignorance, I wrote it because I felt that there is a possibility that you will get addicted to slack off if you leave it like this.
I hope it helps.

You don't need to understand all 12 causes, but please keep this in mind. There are three afflictions in the twelve causes: ignorance, thirst, and torment. I'm going to write about fetch (shu) here. It's close to the obsession Hiro said, but it's a broader term.

Taking is the act of evaluating and sifting through what is good and what is bad.

Therefore, it is important to know the system of suffering, but in fact, this is anxiety, and the act of labeling safe one by one is itself the cause of suffering. Here's the catch.
Therefore, people who are really doing ascetic practices don't evaluate the state of ascetic practice such as “now they have unified their minds and are in a good state.” Just do it. There are times when I rejoice at training from myself and others, though.

If you want to do a great job as a volunteer, it's nothing short of self-worth. You are trying to save people in distress by daring to work in the midst of distress, so you should not bring in how you can move away from your worries.
If you get away from ignorance, of course, you will do that, so it also goes back to the story of let's stop searching for worries and searching for bad things themselves.

I'll briefly write about wisdom later.
First of all, the human sense organs have the first six senses of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Next, there is something called mana wisdom, and then there is Araya wisdom.
Mana intellect is thinking things out loud with your head. The difference from the previous six senses is that it is the first reaction you quickly feel when something is intentional, and mana sense is a secondary thought that comes after that.
Araya wisdom is a problem that no one really understands, such as deep psychology, evolutionary results, or fundamental causation.
The problem is sense of manners.

For example, let's say you step on a LEGO block.
Foot skin hurts → body
Perceived that my foot hurts → meaning
Hey son, clean up properly! Thinking → sense of manners

Let's live with the first six senses here. Let's inactivate mana sense of mana is Buddhism.
Tuna came at conveyor belt sushi and said, “Yatter! If you think “Oi-chan is going to eat tuna,” you can think about it. It's a primary perception. And tuna is a luxury item! Pain arises because they overwrite their own rules or something.

However, you can live more easily if you adjust your primary intention to a less painful response. I don't like raw fish, but of course it's better to adjust to myself without being picky or dislike. This is adjusted by the power of body and mouth habits.
Well, Watasha isn't such a great monk, so I won't do my best.

The reason why affliction should be destroyed is that affliction is the cause of worry and suffering.
So, for now, when we have trouble, wouldn't it be better to notice the cause and deal with it?
For example, the desire to buy expensive accessories is also an affliction.
However, people who can actually buy that accessory can just buy it normally without worry or suffering.
The problem is when you have high hopes for accessories that you can't buy, or even if you steal them, you want to get them.
In that case, trouble and suffering has occurred.
As a matter of fact, even if you are a professional thief and can steal normally without trouble, it will cause trouble and suffering for the victim who has been stolen.
In such situations, the desire for accessories should be destroyed or controlled.
It's super stylish with lots of accessories, such as the Bodhisattva statue.
This may be because the statue of the Bodhisattva is based on the Buddha from the time of the crown prince, but Buddhism does not deny that people with financial power to be fashionable are fashionable.
But if you steal it and be fashionable, it's against the precepts.

As you said, greed has a lot to do with anxiety. Greed is necessary for humans, such as appetite, desire for sleep, sexual desire, etc. However, when greed sticks to it, it becomes troubling.
More than necessary appetite, sleep, and sexual desire is called greed. It's a heart of greed. When this happens, it becomes what is called trouble. Furthermore, this greed also leads to anger and complaints.
So, for example, in the Akan Sutra, Buddha says to abandon greed.
In other words, it's a small desire.
Note, if both monks and housekeepers are Buddhists, there is no change in what you need to do. What's different is whether you live on donations or do some kind of work to live.
Let's work hard on each other's little desires.