motivation in buddhist psychology...

"Perhaps the most logical starting point is the theory of motivation. What drives people in their behaviors? What motivates human action? The unenlightened person's behavior, it is said, is governed and driven bytanha, or craving, which, as noted in a previous paragraph, is given as thecause of "suffering" or "unsatisfactoriness" in the Second Noble Truth. Tanha is classified into three basic forms: kama tanha (craving for sensory gratification); bhava tanha (craving for survival or continued existence);and vibhava tanha (craving for annihilation)" Source: Silva Padmal, Current Psychology, 1990