tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post2783891788791510586..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 16.8: Suffering Begets SufferingMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-35525238436717020172009-02-21T06:02:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:02:00.000-08:00Hi Jordan, Ashvaghosha is letting us know the Budd...Hi Jordan, <BR/><BR/>Ashvaghosha is letting us know the Buddha's teaching on suffering, not just as a philosophical viewpoint, but as the first of the four noble truths, as the first of the four fundamental stepping stones. <BR/><BR/>My sense in this section of verses on suffering is that Ashvaghosha is really dwelling on the fact of suffering, allowing us time and space to recognize and accept the fact of suffering, not passing over it lightly. <BR/><BR/>For example, Jordan, you and I are fathers, and your children are younger than mine. But we are both being reminded in this verse that our offspring are going to become sick and die. <BR/><BR/>In becoming parents, you and I became begetters of death and disease. <BR/><BR/>Thanks as always for listening,<BR/><BR/>MikeMike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-60215804873452875182009-02-20T04:38:00.000-08:002009-02-20T04:38:00.000-08:00I would like to know your thoughts about this vers...I would like to know your thoughts about this verse.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>JordanSlowZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589294912054724123noreply@blogger.com