What are the
components of the primary problem: Suffering?
At Savatthi. While seated, the Venerable Radha asked the Blessed One:
Venerable Sir, one says: Mara, Mara!! What, Venerable Sir, is Mara?
Form, Radha, is suffering, feeling is suffering, perception is suffering,
mental constructions are suffering, consciousness is suffering...!!!
Radha, you should abandon desire, you should abandon
lust,
you should abandon desire and lust, for whatever is a state of Mara ...
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 a state of cessation.
And what, Radha, is a state of cessation? Form is a state of cessation.
Feeling ... Perception ... mental constructions ...
Consciousness is a state of cessation. Seeing thus ... He under-
stands: /... there is no more for this state of being."'
SN 23 24-34 III 199
Understanding this, Bhikkhus, 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, one instantly knows: This mind is liberated,
and one understands: Extinguished is birth, this Noble Life is all completed,
done is what should be done, there is no state of being beyond this...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya 23:24-34 III 199
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Source_of_What.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Origin_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Contemplating_Suffering_2.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering.htm
