Buddhism Explained: The Four Noble Truths | Samudaya: The Cause of Suffering
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What is the Cause of Suffering? How Did Buddha Realize This?
The Second Noble Truth, teaches that Dukkha (suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness) has its causes and origins. It meticulously and comprehensively examines and acknowledges suffering more than ever before. It posits that suffering arises from dependent origination; in other words, suffering comes into being due to various conditions. Suffering is not an absolute truth. It is a noble truth; and we need to pay attention to this distinction. We do not say that in this world, everything is suffering, but we do say that there is suffering associated with the world we live in and with the limitations of this life. Viewing suffering from this perspective allows us to see our limitations and what we are attached to and bound by in our lives.

The body is one of the things we are attached to. According to natural law, the human body is born, grows, ages, and dies. It is not ours alone, yet we always treat it as if it were. For example, if you say you do not like my appearance, I immediately think, "This person does not like my face. This face is me. So, he does not like me. I am very dissatisfied with him about this." If I identify this body as myself, then when someone insults it, I will be upset. But if I realize that this body is not mine, then whatever anyone says about my face does not bother me. My face is what it is at that moment, it looks like that, it is not something of my own. It belongs to the natural world, and according to natural law, it will age and die. When we reduce our identification with this body, we will have less trouble with it. The body comes into being due to various conditions. Just let it be, that's all...

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