jaraa'pi dukkhaa/, byaadhi'pi dukkho/, /mara.nam'pi/
dukkha.m,
old age also/ suffering/, sickness also/ suffering/, death also/
suffering,
appiyehi/ /sampayogo/ dukkho, /piyehi/ /
vippayogo/ dukkho,
with unbeloved/ association/ suffering/, from beloved /dissociation/
suffering
yam'p'iccha.m/ na labhati/ tam'pi dukkha.m
what wanted/ not obtains/ also suffering
sa"nkhittena/ pa~ncupaadaanakkhandhaa/ dukkhaa.
in short/ five aggregates of clinging/ suffering.
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<Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is
suffering, old age is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is
suffering, association with the unpleasant is suffering, dissociation
from the pleasant is suffering, not getting what one wants is
suffering; in short, the five aggregates of clinging are suffering.>
Remark: Included in the five khandhas are all mental phenomena and
physical phenomena of our life which arise and fall away at this
moment. No matter it is seeing, visible object, attachment, aversion
or generosity, they all arise and then fall away, they are
impermanent. What is impermanent cannot be of any refuge, it is dukkha.
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Nina.
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