【Further Meditation on Suffering】- Pleasant feelings are the relief of suffering 4

【Suppose that sitting and other postures were causes of 
pleasure by their very nature. Just as suffering increases in 
proportion to your involvement with causes of suffering, so 
should pleasure increase the longer you walk, sit, lie down, 
drink or eat, or stand in the sun or shade. 】

Suppose that the nature or the natural characteristic of these things are pleasant, much like how sufferings are, then what would happen? It should be that the longer you sit, the happier you will get. The sufferings in this world are naturally miserable. The longer you suffer, the more unbearable the suffering and the more it increases. Why? This is because the nature of it is suffering. But this pleasant feeling that we talked about earlier does not work that way. In the beginning, when you first change [from your previous state], you feel happy. But after a little while, this pleasant feeling will gradually subside. As you continue even more, the pleasant feeling is gone. It is transformed to the feeling of suffering. If it continues, then you will feel extremely miserable! What does this explain? This explains that the nature of it is not real happiness, but suffering! Hence, we should understand this properly. If you understand it, then there should be no problem. If you do not understand it, you should go back and think over this carefully. This concept is very important!

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72A 13’39” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P259 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P291

日常师父法语📡72A 13’39” 手抄稿第9册P259 L5

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