Doctrine of Suffering – suffering is a necessity attribute of sentient existence (Effect of Suffering). The Buddha told us about eight sufferings; Birth, Old Age, Sickness, Death, being apart from the loved ones, being together with the despised ones, not getting what one wants, and suffering because of five skanda.
I remembered when I was a child I asked my parent; When I was born? What was her feeling about the process when I was delivered into this world? My mom just told me it was on Sunday and at that time they were so worried for the process of my birth because her specialist doctor took a leave, but everything was under control when the undertaker doctor came. It brought the happiness to the big family as the first son and the first grandson was brought to this world. After I learned Dharma, I now realize that it was my first suffering to be born in the samsara world. In the view of Bodhisatva Path: it is my new duty to serve the world with wisdom and compassion to spread the Dharma in this life. I will take this opportunity and hope I could do my best to be a good monk.
As the eldest and the eldest grandson, I was so pempered, they all care about me, but sometimes I often cried to something that I don’t understand for example why my lovely grandpa died when I was a child? It felt a big lost of someone who has loved me so much and always by my side. And was protecting me when my father or mother was in anger when I made a mistake, the one who was always playing with me in his valuable time. And sometimes It upset me for not be able to get something that others have? And after I learned Dharma, I realized that every condition is impermanent, and every thing has their own conditions, nothing that we owned. We are in samsara and can’t escape from Dukkha.