What 5 Objects of Clinging are
inevitable Suffering?
The Blessed
Buddha once said this:
Bhikkhus & Friends there are these
Four Noble Truths.
What four?
1:
The Noble Truth of Suffering;
2:
The Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering;
3:
The Noble Truth on the End of Suffering;
4:
The Noble Truth on the Way to end Suffering...
These
are the
Four Noble Truths!
What,
Bhikkhus & Friends, is the 1st
Noble Truth of Suffering?
These
Five Clusters of Clinging are Suffering!
The cluster of clinging to
Material Forms (Rūpa) is Suffering...
The cluster of clinging to Mental
Feelings (Vedanā)
is Suffering...
The
cluster of clinging to Mental Perceptions (Saññā) is Suffering...
The cluster of clinging to Mental Constructions (Sankhāra) is
Suffering...
The
cluster of clinging to kinds of Consciousness (Viññāna) itself
is Suffering...
This is verily the 1st Noble Truth of Suffering!
What, Bhikkhus & Friends, is the 2nd Noble Truth on the
Cause of Suffering?
It is this
Craving,
which leads to renewed
becoming joined by
delight
and lust,
seeking delight now here & later there! That is craving for
sensual pleasures,
craving for becoming (ex. rich) this & the craving for not-becoming that
(ex. sick).
This is indeed the
2nd Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering!
What, Bhikkhus &
Friends, is the 3rd Noble Truth on the
Ceasing of Suffering?
It is the traceless fading away & complete
Ceasing of that very same
Craving,
the giving up & relinquishing of it, the freedom from it, & non-dependence on it.
This
is actually the 3rd Noble Truth on the Ceasing of all Suffering!
What is the 4th Noble Truth on the Way leading to
the ceasing of Suffering?
It is solely this Noble 8-fold Way namely:
Right View (sammā-ditthi)
Right Motivation (sammā-sankappa)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Right Awareness (sammā-sati)
Right
Concentration (sammā-samādhi)
This is
the
4th
Noble Truth on the
Way leading to
the ceasing of Suffering!
These, Bhikkhu and Friends, are the
Four
Noble Truths.
Therefore,
Bhikkhus
and Friends, an effort should be made much of, so to completely understand:
This is Suffering;
This is the Cause of Suffering;
This is the End of Suffering;
This is the Way leading to the End of Suffering... An effort should be
made to
understand, comprehend, penetrate, recognize & realize these
4
Noble Truths!
More
on these
5 Clusters of Clinging
(Khandha):
