WHY IS SUFFERING (DUKKHA) A NOBLE TRUTH? - Dhamma Q&A

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.</strong></p> <p>A question received following the Esala Poya Dhamma Session on the Four Noble Truths:</p> <p><strong>“What is stuck in my mind from the session is the question about of ‘what makes suffering a noble truth?’ The way I’ve been taught to practice the first noble truth is more along the lines of observing moment-to-moment suffering, which is usually centered on personal suffering. And to be honest, I’ve always wondered why suffering, which we all experience day-to-day, is called a noble truth. Could you to explain this a bit more?” &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The key to understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering (Dukkha) comes down to the activating the Right View. <strong>It's important to recognise through wisdom that suffering (dukkha) must be understood as a universal truth, common to all living beings, &nbsp;and not simply through grasping from personal experience of dukkha. &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>To answer the question we examine:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— the urgency of understanding the bigger predicament</li> <li>— the perception of suffering in impermanence (<em>anicce dukkhasaññā</em>) and the perception of not me and mine in suffering (<em>dukkhe anattasaññā</em>); &nbsp;</li> <li>— what happens when we take dukkha personally&nbsp;</li> <li>— how arahants consider Noble Truth of Dukkha&nbsp;</li> <li>— the importance of seeing Nibbana as not false or deceptive as it is not constructed, subject to change, nor deathbound&nbsp;</li> <li>— reminding ourselves of the three kinds of dukkha arising from objects, sense contact and feelings&nbsp;</li> <li>— taking a brief look at the doorways to Nibbana through the Four Noble Truths &nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>To listen to the ESALA POYA FULL DHAMMA SESSION - https://tinyurl.com/24yd5drz</p> <p>**This session is for anyone who sincerely wants to follow Gautama Buddha's original &nbsp;teaching of the Four Noble Truths**</p> <p>Some of the suttas that are directly or indirectly referred to:&nbsp;