RLGN 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dukkha, Sanskrit, Four Noble Truths
29 Sep 2017
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Lecture 5: the four noble truths: suffering (dukkha): the idea is that buddhism is pessimistic/ depressed outside view refers to anything that is temporary, conditional or compounded of other things. Sympathy tried to explain dukkha to mean something softer unsatisfactoriness . Sickness, old age, death, pain, illness, sadness, sorrow, despair are all dukkhas. + ordinary suffering (dukkha dukkha): suffer from physical and mental pain (get sick) most basic. + suffering of change: for all beings (even gods) simply means that things are always changing i. e: happiness (when getting high marks) can change in somehow. So does anxiety, sadness, enjoyments or something precious, . No matter good you are, no matter happy you are, no matter what you like - > still watch things out and protect/ control yourself. + suffering of all things being conditioned (samskrta): The idea that everything is a cause and effect of subtle form/matter of suffering.
