The Four Enemies: Understanding Suffering
… decapi-
tates the victim.
The suffering of birth is equivalent to the first of the en-
emies which tempts us to be conceived into one realm or
another, and pass our time in revelry and distraction. Agin…
This text discusses the metaphor of four enemies that represent the sufferings inherent in human existence: birth, aging, illness, and death. Birth is akin to the first enemy, seducing us into life, w