Causes Of Stress -2

This is the second talk on the second noble truth about the causes of suffering. When we look at the causes, it’s in everyday life. If we can ask the question: What’s the cause of this distress, this pain I’m feeling? Just this question can open the field.

In practice, we’re learning to look and ask the question, what is the cause of my stress?

In the Majjhima Nikaya, it’s written: "Craving gives rise to Dukkha, stress, dissatisfaction. By understanding and relinquishing desire we become free from suffering. The path to full freedom is the abandoning of desire and craving."

Part of our exploration is to explore a wise understanding of desire. The arising of desire is the basic thirst to exist, it's not a problem. What happens often is we get hitched to what we desire and then, we suffer.