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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
8. Puvvada Vittal
Subject: "Suffering is the root and results are flowers which every associates should strive hard to have"
Suffering or dukha is one of the significant metaphysical topics dealt in religious literature. The root “kham” is meant to be indriyas. In our tradition Buddha and Patanjali have talked at length about them.
Suffering is normally used in the negative sense such as: we are suffering from poverty, illness, or loss of dearer ones. One does not normally say one is suffering from wealth, comforts, and happiness. But we can imagine that even in the middle of comforts we can also have dukha because the potential loss of the comfort can be a cause for unsettled indriyas. When our attention is towards the world with its contradictions, it appears that as long we are in this world we will be subjected to dukha. Our beloved Master said that we couldn’t be free of miseries until we secure our return to homeland.
Suffering is the result of fruition of the impressions brought forth by the divine principle. The kingly thing in man i.e., thought, plays a prominent role in the formation of samskaras. The force of a thought, in combination with our doership attitude, forms an impression. The impression cannot be stored elsewhere other than in the doer. As impressions accumulate, the force of the thought generates heat, and starts to become a burden for the soul. The process, termed bhoga by Master, is set to rid the burden. Master says internal and external circumstances are then created to rid the burden. Internally it might be in the form of physical ailments etc. Externally it might be in the form of the wrong doings of other persons or acts of nature.
We can classify most of our reactions towards suffering as pratikula or anukula. Pratikula reactions
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