The "three poisons" or "three fires" are composed of three important ingredients that most people can relate to; greed, ill and will. How does these three roots of evil function individually as well as collectively? I think that the three compounds work a lot more as a whole than they work separately. In fact, as mentioned in the text, they tend to reinforce each other as soon as one is triggered(actionize?) . When one action is motivated by one of the three pillars, the action resulting for it tend to be wholesome and result in suffering. I think that this statement makes sense since…