Cyclic nature of action and reaction. State of mind in which there is no freedom: all action comes out of habitual tendencies. Samsara (uncontrollably recurring existence) consists of these types of suffering. It is the result of karma and various disturbing emotions and attitudes. We need to develop the wisdom (discriminating awareness) of voidness or identitylessness.

Escaping Samsara

Samsara: The field of suffering, or transmigration,
the eternal cycle of suffering, the rounds of rebirth.

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Samsara, Karma & Dharma The Buddha explained that beings are reborn countless times in a continuing cycle of suffering called samsara. In order to break free of samsara, beings must purify their karma—the accumulation of their positive and negative thoughts and actions. You purify karma by following the Buddha’s middle path, which is eightfold. If you follow a positive and compassionate way of living—the Eightfold Path—you could awaken fully through your concentrated pure mind. The Buddha told students to test the Dharma—his teachings—for themselves. Dharma students, also called practitioners, must not rely only on faith in the Buddha’s words. Enlightenment comes from understanding the middle path, believing in the path, accepting the path, and practicing the path. The field of suffering, or transmigration, the eternal cycle of suffering, the rounds of rebirth.

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Four Noble Truths

The Truth of Suffering: Suffering is the central fact of life. Pain is being born, growing old, sickness, death union with what we dislike is pain, separation from what we dislike, not fulfilling desires.

The Truth of Origin of Suffering: The cause of suffering is desires, craving or thirst for sensual pleasures, for existence and experience, for worldly possessions and power. This craving binds one to rebirth, samsara.

The Truth of Cessation of Suffering: Suffering can cease only by complete cessation of desires.

The Truth of the Path To Ending Suffering: Suffering can be overcome by following eightfold path, right belief, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right meditation.

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