Sorrow and suffering - the root of liberation.

Have you ever wondered: If life without sorrow and suffering we need to find the path of liberation? According to popular belief, one of us is looking for a path to happiness and avoid the path that leads to suffering. But in fact many of us completely achieved! Most often complain always fin suffering miserable, unhappy, rare drought in the rain. I'm always happy to be durable, but most of it is broken because negativity is always interrupted. So, happy only when sorrow, suffering completely absent. Say that to see the 'unrealistic' when everyone is expecting, hoping, searching for a perfect happiness which never suffered pain. The reason, I think is unrealistic because whether wanted or not we all have to experience suffering grief, raised from the rich to the poor, and probably here until close your eyes! Want to say here is, how do we turn them to achieve their purpose freed.

Soil and Mind

Concept that every exposure to suffering, suffering that I have found more clues, help her get rid of the roots. Because of these findings, I have the opportunity to see the power of negativity and ignorance in me. Methods the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths: first of all, we recognize the suffering (dukkha) and its cause (apron), then, if the disease is treated or not (kill base) and how to treat (from the base). Clearly, depression, grief, anxiety, anger, envy, jealousy, lost love, green education, and so on. is an administrative born the seeds cause suffering sprout, and it is these seeds if destroyed, happiness, peace will arise. As long as long as the bad seed care, watered, suffering, sorrow will grow deep roots. Greater root, deeper-law, the more difficult to eradicate. In the Central Business 64 - General Business Man, the Buddha taught the five lower fetters (the body of ants, comfort, sex, hate, greed, and tennis), is the fifth step that makes us unable to achievements are the results from the practitioner-momentum-completed to a-la-han. Only when we untie himself, 5-course eliminate this step that is truly liberated. In everyday life, for always being the mind of negativity harassment, instead of mindfulness and awareness to self-destruction we watered, nurtured them. Imagine if our mind is a piece of land, the crops that are grown the most in us? Of course, the crops because we care and nurture.

Mulla Nasruden decided to plant a flower garden. He prepared about land and sowing the seeds of many beautiful flowers he likes on it. But when they grow up, his flower garden full of wild flowers growing dominating the beautiful flower he has chosen. He asked to find experienced gardeners everywhere by just killing wild flowers, and have tried every method of learning, but in vain. Finally, he went to take the capital to seek the guidance of a gardener in the palace. However, any way he taught, as other ways Mulla had tried and failed. They sat pensive, thinking for a long time and finally the palace gardener said, "Then I suggest you learn to love them more!" Also, from here until the day off from the world This time we will also have to face afflictions and sufferings. What if we planted wild flowers in the garden of the mind, we must learn to love them as Mulla Nasruden did or sought to eliminate wildflower seeds now.

Afflictions Bodhi News

It is a story: A man had just died and was born into a very beautiful place, surrounded with everything pleasures can not imagine. A busy white coat came to greet him and say, "You can have everything you want - food, pleasure,, entertainment everything."

He is such a joy, and the day he tried all the things that he dreamed while on earth. But one day, he was bored with everything, and to call the servants, and said, "I'm tired of everything here, I need something to do. He had nothing for me to do? "

The most sad shook his head, and said, "Excuse me sir. That's the only thing we can not satisfy his requirements. No jobs here for you both! "

Listen maid answered done, he then said, "It is not! I would rather have no life in hell. "

The servant went softly replied, "So you think you're here?"

Through stories, our experience shows that: the pain, ie happiness or misery Bodhi News. That is, want Bodhi achievements we have to understand suffering as suffering, suffering which is the 'dark side' of Mind. Therefore, the opposite of, access to, or through distress is inevitable if we want enlightenment, liberation. It is unthinkable that we would like to achieve liberation, enlightenment without suffering, sorrow. However, it is rather sick dread we just want to practice how to never suffer harassment, just want to pursue the path that leads to happiness, freedom, and peace without facing the troubles of the world! We often hear and understand about the 'Middle Path' that the Buddha taught, but I kept pursuing and looks forward to a 'Single Path' to cultivate 'easy'!

Finding Liberation in sorrow, suffering

If deep reflection we see that the germ of happiness and suffering, on the other hand, in suffering germ of happiness. It is important that our attitude in the face of suffering or happiness. As Rita Barber has cleverly described on the following passage:

"I can see the midnight girl ran into the room is an act to disturb my sleep, or see it as a cry for action to soothe, to realize that this is a moment in the life of I need comfort because I was having a nightmare.

I can see my daughter digging the seeds that I've planted as an act of vandalism, damage, or an action to the understanding of childhood curiosity to find out what or who made for seed plants.

I can see my daughter refused to wear the clothes I choose as an act of disobedience, or a desire to be self-selected.

I can see teaching my daughter as a tough challenge, or a teacher to teach me how to live.

I can see the crying um Sum of the child as a against left-deserved punishment, or is the first step to learn how to negotiate and peaceful coexistence with others.

Many times I felt tempted to do a gentle mother, but more than everything, I feel blessed and fuller all the stuff can be bought in the world, and really honored because this little angel chose my mother, and also a student and also the teacher of the child.

I can see that this child is a past life debt is a priceless gift of heaven.

When looking down, I saw God.

Coin has two sides, but if I do, I will be the winner. "

Attitude of Rita Barber gives us a fresh look at the phenomenon, situations occur in their daily life and react to them. Simply by looking and feeling (sensation), do we have open arms to welcome, or excluded, despised them. Thus, the phenomenon of suffering, sorrow is not completely scary and terrifying. They contain insecurity, unsatisfactoriness, angry angry, upset, etc.. and so on. but these factors are the source of stimulation makes us rise up and find a way of liberation and freedom. Without them, we lack 'the or motivation necessary' to make me strive, to stand up to people. Remember: the experience of suffering can we properly evaluate and understand the true value of happiness and peace as the Buddha himself experienced. Living on velvet, servants to the years of extreme asceticism, the Buddha has realized the value of both extremes - pleasure and pain. Since then, he no longer feel pain or pleasure are the obstacles for his elaborately practice. On the contrary, he considered them the inspiration to always be diligent in the search for a path to enlightenment and liberation. Can say, it is the experience the two extremes that the Buddha discovered the Middle Path. Clearly, they are the foundation, the roots help the Buddha to find true liberation. Say that to acknowledge that the negativity, suffering is not necessarily our traditional enemy; well as joy, happiness is not always the age-old buddy. Because if one of the two, finding the path to enlightenment and liberation of us will not be able to perform.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY=10/11/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).