Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Rule # 4: Dukkha

The Buddha himself on Dukkha:

This, bhikkhus, is the Noble Truth of Dukkha: Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha. Presence of objects we loathed is dukkha; separation from what we love is dukkha; not getting what is wanted is dukkha. In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.

— SN 56.11

Apparently, dukkha can make reference to many unpleasant events in different degrees. From what I read it can range from discomfort to suffering.

Source:

  1. ^ MN 63, trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, retrieved from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.063.than.html
  2. ^ SN 22.86, trans., Thanissaro Bhikkhu, retrieved from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.086.than.htm

* Some of the phrasing of the words have been changed to be worded in my own words*




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