For the foolish,
pain is inevitable;
and suffering is too.
— Buddhist Saying (Part 1)
As partly inspired by the Sallatha Sutta (Arrow Discourse):
The Two Arrows Of Those Unwise:
When the unwise feel pain,
they suffer over it,
feeling two ‘pains’,
the physical and the mental.
They are as if
shot by one arrow,
also shooting themselves
with a second arrow.
There is already the pain
of physical pain,
with mental pain
of anguishing over it.
This is the body feeling,
with the mind feeling too,
身受心也受,
although the latter is unnecessary.
There is resisting,
fretting,
aversion,
hatred of it.
There is craving for pleasure to ‘escape’,
due to not knowing there is liberation
from aversion to (and rejection of) pain
and attachment to (and acceptance of) pleasure.
There is no mindful experiencing
of experiences as they are,
with their arising, sustaining and ceasing,
with delusion about fleeting painful, pleasurable and neutral feelings.
The One Arrow Of Those Wise:
When the wise feel pain,
they just experience it,
feeling one pain,
the physical only.
They are as if
shot by one arrow,
without shooting themselves
with a second arrow.
There is only the pain
of physical pain,
without mental pain
of anguishing over it.
This is the body feeling,
with the mind not feeling,
身受心不受,
as the latter is unnecessary.
There is no resisting,
no fretting,
no aversion,
no hatred of it.
There is no craving for pleasure to ‘escape’,
due to knowing there is liberation
from aversion to (and rejection of) pain
and attachment to (and acceptance of) pleasure.
There is mindful experiencing
of experiences as they are,
with their arising, sustaining and ceasing,
without delusion about fleeting painful, pleasurable and neutral feelings.
For the wise,
pain is inevitable;
but suffering is optional.
— Buddhist Saying (Part 2)
Complete Teachings:
Sallatha Sutta
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