Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Buddha on the Origin of Suffering

“What, now, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering? It is craving, which gives rise to fresh rebirth, and, bound up with pleasure and lust, now here, now there, finds ever-fresh delight.

But where does this craving arise and take root? Wherever in this world there are delightful and pleasurable things, there this craving arises and takes root. Eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind, are delightful and pleasurable: there this craving arises and takes root.

Visual objects, sounds, smells, tastes, bodily impressions and mind objects, are delightful and pleasurable: there this craving arises and takes root.

Consciousness, sense impression, feeling born of sense impression, perception, will, craving, thinking, and reflecting, are delightful and pleasurable: there this craving arises and takes root.

This is called the noble truth of the origin of suffering."


(Buddha, Digha Nikaya 22, Tipitaka)

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