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Pure Dhamma » Meditation
10h ago
I have revised the chart in my above comment to make it a bit more clear that an anariya is not “free from dukkha“ after attaining jhana or samapatti; i.e., no realm in the 31 realms within this world can provide refuge from suffering.
Release from dukkha is possible ONLY by fully comprehending the Four Noble Truths/Paticca Samuppada/Tilakkhana.
That necessarily involves Vipassana or “cultivating panna (wisdom).” That means understanding the fundamental concepts.
That understanding starts at the Sotapanna Anugami stage, grows through the Sotapanna, Sakadagami, and Anagami stages, and cu ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
22h ago
Thank you Triple Gem ,
I find it really inspiring, the work that you are putting in. My energy too is now aroused reading your post. Isnt this what is expected from these forums? I am very happy i could come across Lal Sirs Website.
Anyway , in the above posts, from my side , i was forced into contemplating a technicality , due to Lal Sirs first reply. In few words, it is this:
Vedana We feel. Right? Sukha, Dukha or AsukhamAdukham. (The third one the elders say, is very difficult to track, and one has to track it like, tracking an animal through ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
2d ago
Another (related) way to look at “dukkha” is to see that as long as one craves pancupadanakkhandha (i.e., perceived “pleasures” in this world, whether “sensual pleasures” or “jhanic/samapatti pleasures”), one is kept away from the “suffering-free pabhassara mind” and is not free from suffering.
1. An average human (puthujjana), unaware of Buddha’s teachings, is trapped in the birth/death Sansaric process, as shown in the bottom half of the above chart.
Thus, a puthujjana is NEVER free of dukkha.
In fact, since time spent in human or higher realms is relatively short, a puthujjana is sub ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
2d ago
– “How can Dukkha be felt as Sukha, Dukha and AdukhamaSukha”
Dukkha to me doesn’t necessary mean just “suffering” as a (vedana). But of course I could agree to that dukkha can mean suffering (as a vedana), suffering that can be removed, unsatisfactoriness and other meanings.
Something for consideration is that from my current understanding, one should look / see / contemplate “dukkha” beyond than just vedana itself. Not taking dukkha just as vedana, but also as a characteristic, process, mechanism.
Here’s a post from PD that can help to further communicate what I’m trying to convey.
Dukk ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
3d ago
You wrote: “This forces us to answer:
How can Dukkha be felt as Sukha, Dukha and AdukhamaSukha
If so “Where” is it “Felt” or is it something which is “understood”/”wisdom”?
Is everything Dukkha? If so “what” is overcome and “how”?”
The actual origin of sukha/dukha cannot be understood until one understands “saññā.” Our perception of the world is distorted, and I call it “distorted saññā.” Most vedana are “mind-made vedana” that arise based on that “distorted saññā.” Most immoral deeds (akusala kamma) are done based on that “distorted saññā.”
You are new to the forum and may not have read th ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
4d ago
In case Dukkha (double k) conveys suffering which can be overcome, then it fits in like a glove with the First Sacca which is about the “Future Suffering”
And therefore as Lal Sir, says: (“Does First NT Describe only suffering”): –
“birth is suffering (that can be overcome). Getting old is suffering (that can be overcome). Sickness is suffering (that can be overcome). Death is suffering (that can be overcome)..”.
Whereas I have submitted “ It is Dukkha itself is perceived as Sukham, Dukham, and the AdukhamaSukham. i.e,….(using Lal Sirs, too ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
5d ago
It is also important to understand the following:
“There is a difference between suffering (the feeling or vedanā) and the ability to understand the causes of it (paññā or wisdom.) The latter can lead to future suffering, and that is what the First Noble Truth explains.
Pāli word for suffering is dukha. On the other hand, dukkha (with two “k”) is dukha + kha or the “removal of dukha” in the sense that there is dukha in the world, but it can be overcome. Thus, in most places in the Tipiṭaka, duk ..read more
Pure Dhamma » Meditation
5d ago
Namo Sugata
I think It was Sir Mark Twain who quipped” Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint”. (humour sirs humour..dont be too serious).
But sometimes perhaps, the opposite too happens: where misprints bring to life(certain things). This a wonderful world!
My first twist with “dukkha” in as much as I can recollect , happened when I was a small boy , while, at a railway station.
I saw a train pulling off, from its halt, and while it was at fair speed, a dog came running wildly out of nowhere, jumped on to the tracks , and kept ..read more