【Further Meditation on Suffering】- Seeking the cause of suffering

【What causes cyclic existence?】

The next step of our analysis is that since cyclic existence within the three worlds [desire realm, form realm and formless realm] has nothing but suffering, what is the cause of that? Further, it is because we feel the pains of the suffering that we look for its cause. This is when we will find it, ah! That's what it is. So, what is this called? The truth of origin. Hence for us now, from understanding suffering we seek to be freed from suffering. And we have found the reason for suffering to be the truth of origin. Origin, what is it? It is to "bring about and issue [the effect]." It is because of this that a miserable effect will be issued. In other words, this is the cause of suffering. As long as you can remove the cause of suffering, the suffering will disappear. Therefore, since we are all busy to get rid of suffering, this is what we should truly look for. This is it. This is the point in learning Buddhism. That is why everyone should pay attention to this. When we learn Buddhism, you must

conscientiously get a grasp of this.

SOURCE 来源 :

72B 19’15” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P280 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P295

日常师父法语📡72B 19’15”手抄稿第9册P280 L5

希求解脱 : 寻找苦的原因

【念云如是生死以何为因。】

说进一步我们要观察，这样的三界之内无不是苦，原因在哪里呀？那么进一步中，因为感受苦的逼切，所以我们找苦的原因，这个时候找到，啊！原来这个地方。那么这个叫什么？集谛。所以现在我们哪，从了解了苦，要求脱苦而找到这个苦的原因是集谛。集，什么呢？它的所谓“招感”，由于这样的可以感得痛苦的果报，换句话说，这就是痛苦的原因所在。你只要把这个痛苦的原因拿掉了，痛苦就消失。所以既然是我们为痛苦而忙，那么真正要找的，这个才是，这个才是我们修学佛法的特质。所以大家注意啊，大家修学佛法，务必要在这个地方认真把握住。