RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering
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What is the origin of
suffering? It is craving, which brings renewal of being, is accompanied
by delight and lust, and delights in this and that; that is, craving for
sensual pleasures, craving for being, and craving for non-being. (MN 9)
When one does not know and see bodily sensations as they actually are,
then one is attached to bodily sensations. When one is attached, one
becomes infatuated, and one’s craving increases. One’s bodily and mental
troubles increase, and one experiences bodily and mental suffering. (MN
149)
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The fifth of
the six sense modalities is the range of bodily sensations that are
discernable through the body as a sense organ. Like all the other sense
organs, the body is an instrument for both the arising of suffering and
the cessation of suffering. When craving is present, either for a
pleasant sensation or for the cessation of a painful sensation, a
micro-moment of suffering is produced. You can experience this happening
in your body again and again.
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Whether sitting
or walking or engaging in any of your other normal activities, pay
close attention to the sensations of the body as they naturally arise
and pass away. Notice how some are favored (the ones that feel good) and
some are resented and resisted (the ones that feel bad). Notice how
that subtle attachment or aversion, called infatuation in this text, is
the starting point for all kinds of discontent and suffering.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Compassion
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
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