The Contradiction of the 1st and 3rd noble truth (truth of suffering and cessation)

[Houzan]

I’m going through a rather rough time in my life (probably the most difficult to date) and I was trying reconcile what cessation of suffering would look like as opposed to not.

Wishing you all the best, Douglas [emoji120]

Gassho, Hōzan
Satlah

[Douglas]

Wishing you all the best, Douglas [emoji120]

Gassho, Hōzan
Satlah

Thank you! My situation has been educational in regards to understanding that nothing lasts. I’m currently reading Kosho Uchiyama’s “How to Cook your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment” and it’s been really good.

[Douglas]

One of the things I've been doing of late is going back and re-reading my OPs and reading the responses. I don't know if anybody else does this, but it's interesting (I highly recommend it!). My life is in a different place than it was last year (well, technically it's different all the time!) so I find it helpful. It seems that you can gleen different insights doing this.

Many thanks to all of you who posted on this thread last year!

SAT/LAH
Gassho
Doug