The mechanism of overcoming suffering requires the practitioner completely to uproot craving from the mind by transcendental extinction
Thus the Lord Buddha taught that if we can overcome our greedy attachments to the things we love in the world, craving can be overcome too
When the Lord Buddha had finished his explanation of the origin of suffering, he continued with an explanation of the cessation of suffering
The Lord Buddha compared craving to the resin of the persimmon tree or varnish which are some of the stickiest forms of sap
The Lord Buddha taught that the extent of craving in the minds of living beings is so great as to be beyond words
After explaining the Noble Truth of Suffering, Lord Buddha continued with an explanation of the origin of suffering
The Soil of the Earth: Just as the soil is prerequisite for the growth of all forms of plant life the aggregates of Clinging are prerequisite to the arising of all other forms of suffering
Our psychophysical constituents or aggregates comprise five categories: corporeality [rupakhanda], feelings [uedanakhanda]
The Buddha divided this category of suffering into two parts material disappointment and abstract disappointment
If we are someone who wishes for fulfillment by the sense-pleasures and habitually partake of those sense-pleasures
