HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Desire is the cause of suffering
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No one can reach the highest spiritual plane.
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The cow is a sacred animal.
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The right ceremonies and rituals will result in enlightenment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering. By desire, Buddhists refer to craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality, all of which are wants that can never be satisfied. As a result, desiring them can only bring suffering.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taṇhā (Pāli; Sanskrit: tṛ́ṣṇā IPA: [trʂɳa] ) is an important concept in Buddhism, referring to “thirst, desire, longing, greed", either physical or mental.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhists conceive of the world as a suffering-laden cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end, known as samsara. Beings are driven from life to life in this system by karma, which is activated by their good or ill actions committed in this life as well as previous lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -four sufferings ( shi-ku): The four universal sufferings: birth, aging, sickness, and death. Various sutras describe Shakyamuni’s quest for enlightenment as motivated by a desire to find a solution to these four sufferings.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dukkha-dukkha – the suffering of suffering. This refers to the physical and emotional discomfort and pain all humans experience in their lives. Viparinama-dukkha – the suffering of change. Sankhara-dukkha – the suffering of existence.