[Buddha-l] Dukkha

[Mike Austin]

In message <c44856b838bd854dacf08a79b68833a4 at toad.net>, Bernie Simon 
<bsimon at toad.net> writes
>I feel silly posting this, because I'm only stating the obvious. 
>Buddhism seeks to eliminate suffering, but so does every nostrum that's 
>pitched on television. What make Buddhism unique is that it seeks to 
>eliminate suffering by eliminating its cause, as in the famous verse 
>recited to Shariputra.  That cause is the three perversions: seeing 
>that which brings suffering as pleasant, that which is  impermanent as 
>permanent, and that which lacks a self as possessing a self. So, yes, 
>Buddhism seeks to eliminate suffering but it's the specific method 
>employed that makes it Buddhism, and that is that it seeks a genuine 
>understanding of the three marks.

Correct. Why feel silly?  Beings in samsara seek happiness while at the 
same time creating the causes of suffering. One even notices it on this 
forum. Such a post acts as a reminder. Nothing silly about that.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin