{"id":227,"date":"2008-09-03T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-26.html"},"modified":"2008-09-03T08:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T08:11:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-26.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Heart Sutra XX (Four Noble Truths I)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next words of the Heart Sutra are shorthand for <\/span><\/span>The Four Noble Truths<\/span><\/span> …<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

No\/ suf\/fer\/ing\/, nor\/ cause\/ or\/ end\/ to\/ suf\/fer\/ing\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>… So, let’s take a few days to talk about those Truths <\/span>…<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>…at the very heart of the Buddha’s Teachings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

So elegant and direct, thus the very simplicity of the teaching can be lost …<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is Dukkha, <\/span>
there is a cause for Dukkha,
<\/span><\/span><\/span>there is a way to the cessation of Dukkha<\/span>,
that way is the Noble Eightfold Path<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/div>\n


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<\/span>So, what is<\/span> ‘Dukkha<\/span>‘?
<\/span><\/p>\n

No one English word captures the full depth and range of the Pali term Dukkha.<\/i> It is sometimes rendered as ‘suffering<\/span>‘, as in ‘life is suffering’. <\/span>But perhaps it’s better expressed as ‘dissatisfaction’, ‘anxiety’, ‘disappointment’ ‘unease at imperfection’ <\/span>or ‘frustration’<\/span>, terms that wonderfully convey a subtlety of meaning.<\/div>\n

Your ‘self’ wishes this world to be X, <\/span>yet this world is not X. <\/span>The mental state that may result to the ‘self’ from this disparity is Dukkha.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shakyamuni Buddha gave many examples … sickness (when we do not wish to be sick), old age (when we long for youth), death (if we cling to life), loss of a loved one (as we cannot let go), violated expectations, the failure of happy moments to last (though we wish them to last). Even joyous moments … such as happiness and good news, treasure or pleasant times … can be a source of suffering if we cling to them, are attached to those things.<\/div>\n

In ancient stories, Dukkha<\/i> is often compared to a chariot’s or potter’s wheel that will not turn smoothly as it revolves. The opposite, Sukkha<\/i>, is a wheel that spins smoothly and noiselessly, without resistance as it goes.<\/p>\n

(THE FOLLOWING IS PART OF A SERIES OF TALKS & SITTINGS FROM LAST YEAR)<\/span>

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>PRESS ON PICTURE TO PLAY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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