Suffering.
Whether you care to admit it or not. There is suffering.
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The Universal symbol of Christianity is a torture instrument upon which Jesus suffered.
The Cross is a reminder that there is suffering in this world.
All of us have our crosses to bear in this life.
Gautama the Buddha became the awakened one by uncovering the first of his four noble truth- There is suffering. A simple and irrefutable truth that took him a lot of suffering to arrive at.
These two gentlemen went through great pain and suffering to both arrive to deliver this truth.
For each of us living this life, it is evident that it comes with pain and suffering and no one escapes this;
“We are born astride the grave.” ~Samuel Beckett.
"We are all dying the minute we are born. Goes fast. Don't waste it". (This dialogue quoting Beckett came from an episode of Ozarks I was watching one night.)
The way out of suffering is to let go grasping of desires.
Desire
Desires are what make this life.
We all have desires.
We can have desires.
We can enjoy desires if we get them.
We can live with desires.
Desires arise and subside.
Desires are impermanent but endless.
So do not be attached to desires.
Because attachment to desire is the cause of suffering.
"All that is subject to arising is subject to ceasing". This is wise (perfect) understanding, *according to Buddha's eightfold path.
That is all we need to know to have perfect understanding.
When we know this we transcend suffering and achieve true liberation.
This is what Easter, Buddhism and this post is all about.
Transcendence to liberation. The end of suffering.
HAPPY EASTER Everyone.
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