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 nonbeing. (MN 9)
When one does not know and see material form as it actually is, then one
is attached to material form. 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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As we proceed
with a systematic investigation of the second noble truth—how craving
gives rise to suffering—we begin looking at each of the five aggregates
in turn: material form, feeling, perception, formations, and
consciousness. Material form includes everything constituted of matter,
including the sense organs of the body and the substances in the
environment giving rise to incoming data of sense experience.
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Pay attention
to the point at which the subjective experience of the body meets
resistance. Notice the physical sensations of your feet on the floor,
your butt on the chair, your skin against your clothing. This is how we
encounter material form in lived experience. Experience each of the four
great elements: feel earth as resistance, air as movement, water as
wetness, fire as heat. Notice how craving arises from each.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Compassion
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
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