Meditation on the Body & the 4 Aspects of True Suffering

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True sufferings and the true origins of sufferings are the first two noble truths. These are the things that we need to rid ourselves of. There are four aspects that are associated with each of these and, to work with them in meditation, it is necessary to have a clear idea of how to do the meditations and not just a theoretical understanding. These are very practical types of teachings to work with.

We saw that we practice these close placements of mindfulness as the context for meditating on the four noble truths and the sixteen aspects of them. For the understanding when working with true sufferings, we focus on the body, which can be the body in general or various forms of physical phenomena that we experience with the body. Often people do this with physical sensations. For the noble truth of the origins of suffering, we focus on the feelings. That’s referring to different levels of happiness or unhappiness that we experience.

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