The Noble Truth of Suffering : 5. Sorrow [soka dukkha]

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The Noble Truth of Suffering : 5. Sorrow [soka dukkha]

 

 

sorrow which will bring us misery for as long as we still harbor it in our hearts.

 

The Buddha characterized the suffering of sorrow as afflicting one with burning in the heart as if the mind has list all refreshedness. It is a mind that is ‘dried up’ by anxiety, sleepless with loss of appetite.

 

 

sorrow as afflicting one with burning in the heart as if the mind has list all refreshedness.

 

Such suffering may be caused if we mourn for a list relative or are parted from a beloved friend or possession. These are all the characteristics of sorrow which will bring us misery for as long as we still harbor it in our hearts.

 

 

  Such suffering may be caused if we mourn for a list relative or are parted from a beloved friend or possession.

 

to be continued...

 

 

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