What is suffering and what is your suffering?
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a farmer worked hard for the harvest of his crops but all his crops were destroyed during a locust attack .
is this suffering ? ( it goes against wad u reap is wad u sow )
but he tried his best but luck was just not on his side . -
Somehow agree and disagree.Originally posted by JonLS:Let me clarify.
What I am saying is that if all concepts are seen for what they are, just ideas, devoid of reality, then suffering would be seen the same way.
Suffering is just another aspect of the story of the separate sense of self, it is inseparable.
Suffering is part of the dream.
Agree is because theoretically it sound correct except the dream part.
Disagree is this dream is as real as life. When you are in the situation of suffering, how you respond will be based on how much you can put what you had learnt into practise. The more you can put into use, the more you understand sufferings, the less you suffer.
Cherrio -
Of course that is suffering. It is the suffering of encountering something unplesant and losing what one cherish most. I will definitely say this is what he sowed and now he reap such fruit.Originally posted by Taiwanpolitics:a farmer worked hard for the harvest of his crops but all his crops were destroyed during a locust attack .
is this suffering ? ( it goes against wad u reap is wad u sow )
but he tried his best but luck was just not on his side .
Suffering is as such, suffering does not just happen out of the blue nor does it come looking for you. But looking at one lifetime of that farmer, one will not be able to tell. It is from his previous lifetimes that he had committed evil karma that led to the fruition of the karma created. It is the same in the case where a rich man is creating evil karma. All we can see is that he perform alot of misdeeds yet he is very rich and enjoying life to a ripe old age. Similarly, it is the fruition of the good karma he had sow in previous lifetimes that enable him to be rich in this lifetime.
And of course, there is no such thing as luck.
Cherrio -
suffer in proverty
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I'm suffering in proverty too.Originally posted by carlsonxjd:suffer in proverty
Cherrio -
Hi Oldkid,
Somehow agree and disagree.
Hope you are not taking the agreement and disagreement seriously.
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No worries! It's just different point of views and it is good to share them!Originally posted by JonLS:Hi Oldkid,
Hope you are not taking the agreement and disagreement seriously.
Cherrio -
Let's agree to disagree..Originally posted by JonLS:Hi Oldkid,
Hope you are not taking the agreement and disagreement seriously. -
i think it's a problem of how u look at it .
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Constantly contemplate all dharmas as emptiness by nature and all problems are gone!
The Heart Sutra
When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita, he illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they are all empty, and he crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty.
Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness; emptiness itself is form. So too are feeling, cognition, formation, and consciousness.
Shariputra, all Dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced, not destroyed, not defiled, not pure; and they neither increase nor diminish. Therefore, in emptiness there is no form, feeling, cognition, formation, or consciousness; no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no sights, sounds, smells, tastes, objects of touch, or Dharmas; no field of the eyes up to and including no field of mind consciousness; and no ignorance or ending of ignorance, up to and including no old age and death or ending of old age and death. There is no suffering, no accumulating, no extinction, and no Way, and no understanding and no attaining.
Because nothing is attained, the Bodhisattva through reliance on Prajna Paramita is unimpeded in his mind. Because there is no impediment, he is not afraid, and he leaves distorted dream-thinking far behind. Ultimately Nirvana! All Buddhas of the three periods of time attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi through reliance on Prajna Paramita. Therefore know that Prajna Paramita is a Great Spiritual Mantra, a Great Bright Mantra, a Supreme Mantra, an Unequalled Mantra. It can remove all suffering; it is genuine and not false. That is why the Mantra of Prajna Paramita was spoken. Recite it like this:
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate
Bodhi Svaha!