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  A monk came to say good bye to Ch'an master Niaowo (Bird's Nest). He said:
-Thank you, Sir, for everything you've done for me. Now I got to go.
Niaowo asked:
-Where will you go?
-Any place where I can learn Buddha dharmas.
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THE SECOND LIVING TRUTH
Here, again, is the suffering of
living with desparation because one is unable to obtain
something he wants and fights for it;
living with something he does not want to have and keep;
living without someone he loves and wants to be with;
living with someone he hates and does not want to be with.
....ad infinitum.

This second living truth is also called "the Suffering Gathering Truth"
or looking around to see and recognize suffering in beings and things,
to see the root of all beings' suffering.

ChonTri 03/21/2009


 



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