RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
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What is the cessation of
suffering? It is the remainderless fading away and ceasing, the giving
up, relinquishing, letting go, and rejecting of craving. (MN 9)
When one knows and perceives odors as they actually are, then one is not
attached to odors. When one abides unattached, one is not infatuated,
and one’s craving is abandoned. One’s bodily and mental troubles are
abandoned, and one experiences bodily and mental well-being. (MN 149)
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Suffering
arises and falls away moment by moment, just like everything else.
Suffering is not an abstract characteristic of the world but is manifest
in thousands of little ways every day. Any time you feel afflicted by
suffering, you can inquire into what it is that you want to be other
than it is and then relinquish your hold on that episode of wanting.
Desires and discontents come up but need not rule us. Just let go of
them, one by one.
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As we move
through each of the senses in order, today we work with odors and the
sense of smell. Next time you smell something offensive, and you catch
yourself automatically recoiling from it, try instead to bring an
attitude of equanimity to the experience. Notice that you can disengage
from aversion to the smell if you choose to do so and then continue to
smell the odor without attachment or aversion.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Appreciative Joy
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering
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