{"id":378,"date":"2007-10-23T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-5.html"},"modified":"2007-10-23T18:33:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T18:33:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-5.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Four Noble Truths – II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In life, there’s sickness, old age, death<\/span> and loss<\/span> … other very hard times …<\/div>\n

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But that’s not why ‘Life is Suffering<\/span>‘. Not at all, said the Buddha. <\/div>\n
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Instead,<\/span> it’s sickness<\/span>, but only when we refuse the condition<\/span> …
…old age<\/span>, if we long for youth<\/span> …
… death<\/span>, because we cling to life … <\/span>
… loss , when we cannot let go … <\/span>
… violated expectations, because we wished otherwise<\/span> …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Our ‘dissatisfaction<\/span>‘, ‘disappointment<\/span>‘, ‘unease<\/span>‘ and ‘frustration<\/span>‘ … Dukkha … <\/span>arises as a state of mind, as our demands and wishes for how things ‘should be’ <\/span>or ‘if only would be for life to be happy’ <\/span>differ from ‘the way things are’. <\/span>The gap is the source of Dukkha. Our Practice closes the gap
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What’s more, even happiness can be a source of Dukkha<\/span> if we cling to the happy state, demand that it stay, are attached to good news, material successes, pleasures and the like … refusing the way life may otherwise go.<\/div>\n

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