Monday, December 29, 2014



1. Life means suffering.
2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The path to the cessation of suffering.
  1. Life means suffering.
To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression. Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive as the opposite of suffering, such as ease, comfort and happiness, life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too.
  1. The origin of suffering is attachment.
The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof. Transient things do not only include the physical objects that surround us, but also ideas, and -in a greater sense- all objects of our perception. Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things.
The reasons for suffering are desire, passion, ardour, pursuit of wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or in short: craving and clinging. Because the objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is inevitable, thus suffering will necessarily follow. Objects of attachment also include the idea of a “self” which is a delusion, because there is no abiding self. What we call “self” is just an imagined entity, and we are merely a part of the ceaseless becoming of the universe.
  1. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
The cessation of suffering can be attained through nirodha. Nirodha means the unmaking of sensual craving and conceptual attachment. The third noble truth expresses the idea that suffering can be ended by attaining dispassion. Nirodha extinguishes all forms of clinging and attachment. This means that suffering can be overcome through human activity, simply by removing the cause of suffering. Attaining and perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately results in the state of Nirvana. Nirvana means freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and ideas. Nirvana is not comprehensible for those who have not attained it.
  1. The path to the cessation of suffering.
There is a path to the end of suffering – a gradual path of self-improvement, which is described more detailed in the Eightfold Path. It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The latter quality discerns it from other paths which are merely “wandering on the wheel of becoming”, because these do not have a final object. The path to the end of suffering can extend over many lifetimes, throughout which every individual rebirth is subject to karmic conditioning. Craving, ignorance, delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is made on the path.
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1 comments:


  1. một bống người hư ảo, từ bóng người đó cũng tỏa ra uy áp khổng lồ.

    Đồng tử Vương Lâm có rút lại, dưới uy áp của đối phương, hắn nhất thời

    cảm giác được chút sợ hãi, nhìn Mộc Nhũng lúc này, thấy hắn đáng quỳ

    trên mặt đất, ánh mắt cực kỳ cung kính.

    - Ngươi chính là đệ tử của Ngô Vũ sư đệ?

    Một thanh âm lạnh lẽo từ trong bóng người truyền ra.
    Chương 90: Lô đỉnh
    Âm thanh này vừa vang lên lập tức hóa thành một trận gió lớn, hỏa cầu
    trung tâm kế toán tại quảng ninh trung tâm kế toán tại bình dương học kế toán tại đồng nai chotruongyen sieu nhan học kế toán tại huế dịch vụ thành lập doanh nghiệp công ty làm dịch vụ kế toán chung cư eco city long biên trà đá chém gió nguoicodanh trung tâm kế toán tại hoàng mai trung tâm kế toán dịch vụ báo cáo thuế công ty dịch vụ kế toán dịch vụ báo cáo tài chính cuối năm trung tâm kế toán tại đà nẵng

    màu lam trên bốn cột đá nhất thời tối sầm lại. Thanh âm thật lớn truyền

    đi trong hang động, làm cho người ta có ảo giác như uy áp do ông trời

    phát ra.

    Vương Lâm hít sâu một hơi, ôm quyền cung kính nói:

    - Bái kiến Dạ tiền bối.

    Thân ảnh người nọ dần dần ngưng thật, rồi hóa thành một trung niên nhân

    tầm bốn mươi tuổi. Người này tướng mạo anh tuấn, mày kiếm, mắt sáng như

    sao, mặt trắng như ngọc, hắn nhìn Vương Lâm, trên mặt không lộ ra bất cứ

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