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This suggests that, whenever we find ourselves in a state of bewilderment or search, we can infer it as having resulted from some suffering or other that we brought on ourselves. We are then in a position to reflect on the experience and to try not to repeat the unskillful actions that led to it.
In the Nibbedhika Sutta [1], the Buddha outlines a few areas of focus for our practice: sensuality, feeling, perception, defilements, kamma, and suffering. For each of these, he describes certain aspects which we should make an effort to know: their cause, their diversity, the results that follow, their cessation, and the path of practice leading to their cessation. In discussing suffering, he says "Who knows a way or two to stop this pain? I tell you, monks, that suffering results either in bewilderment or search. This is called the result of suffering". [1] "Nibbedhika Sutta - Penetrative" (AN 6.63), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013. A number of modifications were subsequently made to the translation by Bhikkhu Sujato, 2014. https://suttacentral.net/an6.63/en/thanissaro?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false Comments are closed.
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