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Tricycle's Daily Dharma: April 19, 2007
Tricycle's Daily Dharma: April 19, 2007
The Truck You Didn't SeeHow do you deal with
the death of your spouse? How would you feel if you lost your mother
tomorrow? Or your sister or your closest friend? Suppose you lost your
job, your savings, and the use of your legs, on the same day; could you
face the prospect of spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair?
How.... will you deal with your own death, when that approaches? You may
escape most of these misfortunes, but you wont escape all of them....
You can suffer through things like that or you can face them openly--The
choice is yours. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is not. Pain and
suffering are two different animals. If any of these tragedies strike
you in your present state of mind, you will suffer.... Buddhism does
advise you to invest some of your time and energy in learning to deal
with unpleasantness, because some pain is unavoidable. When you see a
truck bearing down on you, by all means jump out of the way. But spend
some time in meditation, too. Learning to deal with discomfort is the
only way you'll be ready to handle the truck you didn't see. --Henepola
Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
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