“Our present happiness or unhappiness is nothing more or less than the result of previous actions. The sufferings themselves are so obvious that our experience testifies to their existence. We will therefore develop the realization that if we do not desire suffering, then we should work to uproot its causes now. Through understanding suffering and its origins, we can perceive the possibility of eliminating ignorance, which is the root cause of suffering,…”

H. H. The Dalai Lama, The Way to Freedom

In the picture the three poisons are personified: Ignorance as the pig, Desire as the rooster, and Hatred as the snake.