The Noble Truth of Suffering : 7. Pain [dukkha dukkha]

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The Noble Truth of Suffering :

7.Pain [dukkha dukkha]

 

 

The cause of the suffering might be illness, physical torture, punishment, imprisonment or having hands and feet cut off.

 

The Buddha characterized this sort of suffering as that which makes the mind depressed and dejected. The cause of the suffering might be illness, physical torture, punishment, imprisonment or having hands and feet cut off.

 

 

Such suffering must be endured alone

 

Such suffering must be endured alone as friends and relatives can do nothing to reduce such suffering for us. Some people feel such pain as a result of their poverty being unable to afford clothes and jewelry to wear like more fortunate people.

 

 

The mental anguish which comes from the resentment of the unavoidability

 

The mental anguish which comes from the resentment of the unavoidability and seeming unfairness of one’s circumstances can also be ascribed to this form of suffering.

 

to be continued...

 

 

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