The Causes of Happiness and Suffering.

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The Causes of Happiness and Suffering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All human beings and even the tiniest of creatures desire happiness and freedom from suffering. But our biggest problem is that although we desire happiness and don't want any suffering whatsoever, we don't know what their actual cause is. That's our biggest problem.Most living beings, no matter how much they wish for happiness, spend most of their time destroying its cause, and no matter how much they do not want suffering, they rush to do what it takes to bring it about. All this happens because sentient beings lack method and wisdom. Earth's original human inhabitants did not have minds as negative and cruel as those of today. As a result, their actions of speech and body were not as violent and harmful as those of the people we see around us now, and life was much more peaceful in those far gone days. But gradually, as their delusions of anger, attachment, pride and jealousy arose more frequently and strongly, the actions of the early humans' speech and body became more violent and harmful. And now, irrespective of how much material progress the world has made, life has become busier and more dangerous. The main cause of the problems we experience does not lie in the external environment, however; the main cause of suffering is the unhealthy, dissatisfied mind. That's why external development has not brought real, true peace. On the contrary, it seems that the more things have developed externally, the more danger has been brought to our lives, our people and our countries. All this arises mainly as a result of internal factors: the dissatisfied mind, attachment and hatred. So, even though external development proceeds apace in the hope of happiness, it's all based on the wrong conception that happiness comes from external things. It does not; happiness arises only from inner factors, the mind. Look at people who have every material thing their heart desires--food, clothing, fancy apartment, everything: they're still not happy; they still get depressed; they're still not satisfied. And because they don't understand the meaning of the human life and think that there's nothing left to enjoy, they kill themselves. Such life problems arise from the mind, the inner factor of attachment. Instead of bringing satisfaction and happiness, all their desirable material possessions simply lead to more dissatisfaction. Sometimes it seems that our personal, everyday sufferings seem to be caused by other people--our family members, enemies, other people in the country and so forth--but even if we killed every other living being on earth and were here alone, we'd still have neither peace nor happiness. The cessation of suffering and the experience of happiness do not depend on making all other beings on earth non-existent, and the fact that doing so would not bring peace or happiness to the last person left proves that this would be an extremely mistaken way of seeking happiness. That person would feel very lonely and unhappy. Problems arise from within, from inner, mental factors such as attachment. Also, we all know that when we acquire an object or a friend that we desire, we eventually lose interest and look for something new. This sort of problem also arises from within, from the dissatisfied mind and attachment. And even after a person's physical body has become non-existent and disappeared, still that person's suffering has not ended; his or her mind still exists--just because the body finishes doesn't mean the mind does. And as long as that mind is under the control of the three poisonous delusions of ignorance, attachment and aversion, it's not free of suffering. In fact, those delusions are the worst of all suffering, the root of every problem experienced by all beings everywhere. Just as a tree without a root can have no branches, leaves or fruit, similarly, a sentient being free of root delusions can experience none of the sufferings of sickness, aging, death and so forth. This is the beginning of the first teaching Lama Zopa Rinpoche ever gave in Europe. Edited from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive by Nicholas Ribush.

 

 

 

 

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