Q&A

The sufferings in the six realms

A) Which of the following statements are incorrect?

1) In their pursuit of achieving their goals many humans have no idea that they are often simply generating their own future suffering.

2) Many humans spend almost every day worrying and anxious about things beyond there control and find it hard to feel at peace.

3) Many humans expend there health in trying to obtain wealth and then spend much of their wealth try to buy back their health.

4) When we face death we can simply let go of all our material concerns and die without any attachment or anger.

5) Many people only appreciate their health when they lose it, or when they fall ill.

6) The winds of karma our negative habits constrain us and we have no freedom.

7) Due to our discriminatory thoughts attachment and aversion arises, and due to attachment and aversion suffering arises.

8) The pleasures of the three worlds are like a dewdrop on the tip of a blade of grass, which evaporates in a moment.

9) There is no haven of eternal peace in samsara.

10) To find eternal peace we need to go the Himalayas and find the elusive, mysterious place called ‘Shangri La’.

B) Reflect

As the great masters say:

If you can change it, go about changing it, why worry?
If you can’t change it, why worry?

1) How time and energy have you consumed, do you consume worrying?

2) How much has this worry benefited you or others?

3) What are the methods one can use to reduce this worry?