Mahamegha 2561 Nikini (2017 August) Issue

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21 21 f.!;u nqÿrcqkaf.a WWW.MAHAMEGHA.LK ioyï idu ikafoaYh /f.k''' The First Nobel Truth O n the beautiful full moon day in the month of July, 2606 years ago, the Lord Buddha Siddhartha Gautama revealed, for first time, to the world what he realized with the attainment of supreme enlightenment. He realized the reason for birth, reason for aging, sickness and death. He realized that beings are in a never ending cycle of births and deaths called ‘sansara’ and that birth takes place not only in the human world but also in animal world, hell world, ghost world and the world of gods. This means we had been born before, countless times in different worlds and had aged and experienced all what we are experiencing now and died, countless times. Lord Buddha realized a path to freedom from this cycle of rebirth. This realization, this knowledge is called the ‘Four Noble Truths.’ This realization did not come easily. He had to perfect His life for four hundred thousand eons of countless eons. He perfected his life as a ‘Buddha-to-be’ (Bodhisatta) to gain the qualities needed to become a Lord Buddha. And until a Lord Buddha realizes the Four Noble Truths, they are not known to the world. ‘Not known’ does not mean they do not exist. The noble truths exist but no one knows about it. Which means we are being born for countless times in different worlds, we age, we die, we lose loved ones; all this happens due to a reason; once that reason is removed this cycle ends; and there is a way to remove the reason. What a Lord Buddha does is he realizes that such a phenomenon is happening and he shed light on it so that others also can understand and realize it. Therefore, we need to understand that the revelation of the Four Noble Truths happens only during the time of a Lord Buddha. And there has been only seven Samma-Sambuddhas for the past hundred eons. The magnificence, the greatness, the nobleness of the four noble truths should be understood in that way. So what are the four truths? What did the Lord Buddha explain in his first sermon? First noble truth is ‘Dukkhan ariya saccan’ – the noble truth of suffering as it is commonly translated. To learn the exact meaning of the word ‘dukkha’ we need to look at what the Lord Buddha explained as ‘Dukkhan ariya saccan’. The Lord Buddha explained, “jātipi dukkhā, jarāpi dukkhā, vyādipi dukkho, maraṇampi dukkhaṁ, soka parideva dukkha domanassupāyāsāpi dukkhā, appiyehi sampayogo dukkho, piyehi vippayogo dukkho, yamp'icchaṁ na labhati tampi dukkhaṁ, saŋkhittena pañcupādānakkhandhā dukkhā” ‘jātipi dukkhā’ means birth is dukkha. But it is difficult for us to understand this. How can birth be associated with dukkha or suffering? Birth is considered a joyful thing, which is why we celebrate birth. So, to understand how birth becomes a suffering, we need to learn what ‘birth’ is. The Lord Buddha explained four places where birth happens; • inside a mother’s womb - in human world and animal world; • inside an egg – mainly in animal world; • in wet environment – animal world. • spontaneously – among gods, in hell and in the ghost world and rarely among humans as well. It is clear from this, that birth is not an occurrence limited to human world. It happens in many other worlds. Animal world is a world we can see and that co-exists with the human world. There are uncountable varieties of animals in the world starting from tiny creatures such as ants to elephants, from pets to farm animals and to wild creatures living in dense forests, from creatures living in the water to those who roam the skies. These are all births. Now think about the joy we associate with birth? can you apply that to these births as well? Plus, it is not the case that animals are always born as animals and humans as humans. In fact beings shift from one world to another according to the kamma they have Importance of Nikini full moon poya day • The chief attendant of the Supreme Buddha, Ananda maha thero, attained enlightenment and became an Arahath. • The first Buddhist Council under the guidance of great Arahath Maha Kassapa was held, with the participation of 500 Arahants and with the patronage of King Ajasaththa. • Commencement of “Pasu Vas”. • Last day of Kandy Esala Perahera. accumulated. Further, Lord Buddha also stated that the appearance of the aggregateskhandhānaṁ pātubhāvo, and acquiring of the sense faculties - āyatanānaṁ paṭilābho, as birth. ‘jarāpi dukkhā’ meaning aging is dukkha. We all experience pains and sufferings associated with aging especially when we lose our hearing or sight or agility. Lord Buddha explained aging as decaying, losing teeth, graying hair, skin wrinkling, the diminishing of the life-span, the wearing out of the sense-organs. ‘vyādipi dukkho’ means sickness is suffering. As Buddha clearly stated the human body is a nest for diseases and there is no end to the suffering that can manifest in a body prone to sickness. ‘maraṇampi dukkhaṁ’, means death is dukkha. This is something we are all aware of and struggle to come to terms with. There is nothing pleasant about death. ‘soka - parideva dukkha domanassupāyāsāpi dukkhā’ ‘Soka’ means sorrow or grief. So many things in our lives give rise to sorrow. We grieve when some calamity hits us. When overwhelmed with grief and sorrow we are unable to think clearly or act properly. It has the power to burn our insides, squash our heart and take control of our actions. We all have experienced sorrow and suffered from grief. Contd.... page 34
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