Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Friends: There are these three kinds of Suffering (Dukkha): The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of suffering. What three?The Suffering caused by painful feeling...The Suffering caused by construction...The Suffering caused by change… These are the three kinds of suffering!This Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for the direct experience of all three kinds of suffering, for the full understanding of them, for their complete elimination, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind…The Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for ending suffering!!! Comment:The first kind of suffering due to painful feeling, whether mental or bodily, is fairly obvious…The second suffering is things disguised as pleasure, which become suffering when falling apart…The third kind of suffering is when a pleasant or neutral object inevitably changes and decays… Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:56] section 45: The Way. 165: The Sufferings ... http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html. PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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