I was suffering because it’s in the nature of life to suffer: illness happens, pain happens, death happens, even the groovy things like dub reggae, samosas and Kung Fu Panda can’t hide the fact that life sucks, if you allow it to. The Second Noble Truth, with all the semantic shenanigans associated with what dukkha really means, is likewise very simple.
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Equanimity doesn’t mean you stop loving. It means you stop controlling in the name of love.
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Cessation, in Sanskrit: nirodha, is a term used to denote the ending or cessation of suffering and its causes, primarily craving and attachment. The generic English term “enlightenment” is used to cover the many names with which this event is named in the various traditions. The interpretation and importance given to this event also vary.
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The Holocaust is the darkest example I know of freedom gone terribly wrong. And it shakes me to my core. How could a good God allow such suffering?
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For those of us who feel these truths in our bones, and maybe even have them inked on our bodies, these teachings are alive. They’re not museum pieces. They’re practice. Path. Breath.
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