What are the
primary Components of Suffering?
At Savatthi. While seated, the
Venerable Rādha
asked the Blessed
Buddha:
Venerable Sir, one says:
Māra, Māra! What, Venerable Sir, is Māra?
Form, Rādha, is suffering, feeling is suffering, perception is suffering,
mental constructions are suffering, consciousness is suffering... !
Rādha, you should abandon desire, you should abandon
lust,
you should cease
all desire and all lust, for whatever is a state of Māra ...
for whatever is impermanent ... for whatever is of an impermanent nature ...
for whatever is suffering ... for whatever is of a painful nature ...
for whatever is non-self ... for whatever is of a selfless nature ...
for whatever is a state of
destruction ... for whatever is a state of vanishing ...
for what-ever is a state of arising ... for whatever is
of a nature to cease!
And what, Rādha, is of a nature to cease?
All form is of a nature to cease...
All feeling
is of a nature to cease...
All perception is of a nature to
cease...
All mental constructions are of a
nature to cease...
All consciousness is
of a nature to cease...
Understanding this, Bhikkhu, a well instructed Noble Disciple experiences
disgust towards form, disgust towards feeling, disgust towards perception,
disgust towards mental construction, & disgust towards consciousness itself!
Experiencing disgust, he becomes disillusioned! Through disillusion his mind
is released. When it is released, he instantly knows: This mind is liberated,
and he understands: Extinguished is rebirth, this Noble Life is all completed,
done is what should be done, there is no state of being beyond this...
SN 23 24-34 III 199
See also how Buddha explains Rādha how to
smash, scatter, & demolish being:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn23/sn23.002.than.html
More on Suffering =
Dukkha
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Source_of_What.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Suffering.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Origin_of_Suffering.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Suffering.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Contemplating_Suffering_2.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering.htm
Gaining one more womb, stranded on
yet another placental afterbirth is no victory!
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya 23:24-34 III 199
http://store.pariyatti.org/Connected-Discourses-of-the-Buddha_p_1379.html
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/sn/index.html
Du = Bad, Kha = State, Duk+kha = Literally
"Bad State"!
