Author: Tao Qing Hsu (Hsu, Tao-qing)
Buddha Shakyamuni had
mentioned that there are four sufferings in human beings. That is the
sufferings of birth, aging, disease and death. In other words, human beings are
fall into the cycling of birth and death in the Six Paths and are suffering
within the cycle.
The Six Paths is classified
as followings:
The Path of Bodhisattva
The Path of Ashura
The Path of Human beings
The Path of hungry Ghost
The Path of animal
The Path of hell
So, we are in the Path of
human beings. And whatever who you are, how rich and how smart you are, we
couldn't deny that we have to experience the sufferings of birth, aging,
disease and death, not to mention those persons who are poor or sick. A wise
doctor has said what is packed in the coffin is dead people, not elder people.
To suffer the death is not the patent of the elder people. It is possible for
humans of all ages to suffer a disease or death, including the infant.
The generalized meaning of
the suffering of birth includes the suffering of life. In the opinion of Buddha
Shakyamuni, human beings make a lot of sins because of the surviving and the
suffering of life, and also because of no-wisdom. For surviving, the human
beings has no-wisdom and generate the heart of greedy, hatred and stupid
infatuation, and thus to incur a lot of harm and disaster to oneself and
others. That is suffering, too.
