How to surrender desire? All great religious truths resonate with the need to let go of attachment to the world and its many charms. I have been learning about Buddhism and its way of addressing this problem.
4 Noble Truths
dukkha
There is suffering
dukkha
There is suffering
samudaya
The principle cause of suffering is desire/attachment.
Kama-tanha – desire for sense/pleasures
Bhava-tanha – desire to become
Vibhava – tanha – desire to get rid of
Bhava-tanha – desire to become
Vibhava – tanha – desire to get rid of
nirodha
The end of suffering is non-attachment.
Ordinary Suffering – dukka-dukkah
Suffering produced by change – viripinama – dukkha
Suffering as conditioned states – samkara- dukkha
magga
The 8-fold path to end suffering
· Wisdom – Panna
1. Right Understanding
2. Right Thought
· Morality – Sila
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
· Concentration –Samadhi
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
1. Right Understanding
2. Right Thought
· Morality – Sila
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
· Concentration –Samadhi
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration
Picture of Buddha by Odilon Redon, French Symbolist painter.
