Dukkha Sutta - The Personal Experience Of Ignorance Saturday TOH Dhamma Study Week 13 April 13 2019

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This is the thirteenth week of our Tuesday 2019 Truth Of Happiness Dhamma Study. My Dhamma talk and our sangha discussion is on the  Dukkha Sutta. In the Dukkha Sutta, Venerable Sariputta teaches Jambukhadika a simple, direct, and useful understanding of three forms of Dukkha.

These three forms of stress referred to are rooted in ignorance of Four Noble Truths and Three Marks Of existence resulting in fabricated (corrupted) wrong views.

Understanding Dukkha from Right View avoids the misguided common practice of mindlessly “embracing” and over-analyzing any reactive, self-referential, thought or feeling arising from ignorance of Four Noble Truths.

“Yes, there is a path, a practice, for developing full understanding of these three forms of stress. The path is precisely the Noble Eightfold Path:…”  (Dukkha Sutta)

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