Ep. 130 – Essential Buddhism Part 5: The Truth of Suffering
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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Death and the Elements of the Body
There is very much suffering in the world. Every day there are many millions of people who do not have enough food and shelter. A lot of pain, a lot of suffering involved in disease and illness of the body as the body begins to decay. There is anxiety and depression and anger and lust and worry and frustration. Our minds are liable to this kind of suffering. The four primary elements described as Earth, Earth, Fire and Water are called the Great Elements - great in their destructive power. And throughout our lives, the balance of these elements is often disturbed and in death they finally become so imbalanced they break apart.
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