What's wrong with desire depends on what we want. Sometimes we want things that aren't good for us. Secondly all things are impermanent so even if you get what you desire, what you get is something that doesn't last forever and will not satisfy forever.
The challenge is to enjoy things without overlaying an addictive clinging of thoughts to make pleasant sensations last forever and to make unpleasant sensations go away. Unless everything is going well with your life and you have no obstacles you must experience some stress when there is frustration with not getting your objects of desire.
Anger is a sign of helplessness. Have you ever felt helpless at an obstacle to your desires? Have you ever felt loss when objects of desire perish? They don't have to be large dramatic emotions but can include stubbing your toe.
The Xzanth, modified 8 Years ago. Dauphin Supple Chirp, modified 8 Years ago. I like Nikolai's and Xzanth's posts above. If you have an itchy rash, then you think scratching is happiness. It makes you happy, and you wouldn't want to give it up. You would really hate it if the doctor told you to stop scratching it. Once you're cured, though, would you want the itch back, just so you can enjoy scratching it again?
The Four Noble truths are not some trivial statement of the obvious. The point is this: The Buddha experienced cessation the 3rd Noble Truth. After experiencing it, he then understood that even what we normally think is happiness such as scratching an itch or eating good food is still not as pleasant as cessation.
If the cessation of all sense impressions is preferable to any sense impression, then that means that all sense impressions are inherently suffering dukkha , which is the 1st Noble Truth. The only reason why they cause suffering is that we want our experience to be different from what it is 2nd Noble Truth. Cessation is still better than any of those. Jack Hatfield, modified 8 Years ago. The problem is in wanting something and then suffering because you don't have it.
Remember that if your mind is impure, consequently, your actions will be impure. If your actions are impure, you will suffer. Thus, it is of great importance that you keep your mind pure.
Instead, you will respond in a calm, loving, and respectful manner. Wisdom arises from a peaceful mind, and a pure heart. Not desiring anything is the greatest freedom. It also frees you from fear and anger. When you have nothing to fear, you have nothing over which to be angry. When you find your inner peace , no person, thing, condition or situation can disturb you, or can change your peaceful state of mind. When you find your peace within, you will find out that you can live happily without many material things of the outside world.
To avoid suffering and find authentic happiness, people should focus on their needs, and not on their desires. It is important to make a difference between desires things people want , and needs things people need. Unfortunately, very few people understand the real meaning of human needs.
As needs are essential for life, their non-fulfilment may lead to suffering, illness, and even death. Needs are those items that are required for life, and do not change with time. On the contrary, desires or wants are those items that are desired either right now or in future, and they usually change over time. Desires are something that people wish to have, so as to add comforts in their life. Desires or wants fall into the category of luxuries — it feels nice to have them, but we can live without them.
Some examples of desires are eating out in a restaurant, having a manicure, a plasma TV, designer clothes, etc. Essentially, each of us has physical, mental, spiritual, and social needs and we must meet them on a daily basis. Throughout a day, at any given moment, our current need might be one of the following:.
Concentrating on one need at a time and its fulfilment will bring immediate satisfaction. Therefore, you should determine your immediate need in the present and devote all your attention, energy, and effort to attain it by the quickest possible method.
This is the most important step in overcoming suffering, and attaining real joy and authentic happiness here and now. We live in a developed country where people have more money and material possessions, but they experience less joy and happiness in their lives.
Why is this happening? What is desire? And how our desires can lead to suffering? Desire is a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end. The notion of suffering is not intended to convey a negative world view, but rather, a pragmatic perspective that deals with the world as it is, and attempts to rectify it.
The concept of pleasure is not denied, but acknowledged as fleeting. Pursuit of pleasure can only continue what is ultimately an unquenchable thirst. The same logic belies an understanding of happiness. In the end, only aging, sickness, and death are certain and unavoidable. The Four Noble Truths are a contingency plan for dealing with the suffering humanity faces -- suffering of a physical kind, or of a mental nature.
The First Truth identifies the presence of suffering. The Second Truth, on the other hand, seeks to determine the cause of suffering.
In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. As a result, desiring them can only bring suffering. Ignorance, in comparison, relates to not seeing the world as it actually is. Without the capacity for mental concentration and insight, Buddhism explains, one's mind is left undeveloped, unable to grasp the true nature of things.
Vices, such as greed, envy, hatred and anger, derive from this ignorance. The Third Noble Truth, the truth of the end of suffering, has dual meaning, suggesting either the end of suffering in this life, on earth, or in the spiritual life, through achieving Nirvana.
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