071-The ignorance - Buddhism in daily life

The ignorance

Buddhists know about the unwholesome effect of the three mind poisons, namely greed, hatred and delusion (ignorance). In the Buddhist wheel of life, the animals pig (ignorance), snake (hatred) and cock (greed) are assigned to these three mind poisons.

But how do these poisons arise in our minds, why does ignorance rule mankind? Because it is ignorance that brings insecurity, from which greed and hatred then arise.

The human ignorance towards the destiny, towards the transitoriness, that brings a strange karma over the times, because the constant wanting and wishing, that brings no satisfaction, the desire never stops, the longing is not satisfied, only repressed for a short time, that is the simple truth.

Experiences of any kind (briefly) displace thoughts, distract us, but then the human senses come back to the satisfaction of physical needs, and to desires, which are a constant wanting.

He who is knowledgeable knows that only reflection can replace ignorance, that distraction and diversion must come to their bitter end, because at the end of the day we are just alone, all attachments then finally show themselves as illusions.

As long as we are attached, as long as we suffer, whoever does not want to (or cannot) overcome ignorance, cannot ascend to an enlightened being, is born again and again, goes through the suffering again and again.

A main part of our time we are busy thinking about what is wrong, why it should be different, that there is a mistake, because it is not the way we want it. This is the increase of ignorance, we get into know-it-all-ness, because we don't want to accept things as they are, but imagine that we know everything better. How should it be, how is it?

The ever blazing fire of ignorance is extinguished by "enlightenment", which then finds its final state in Nirvana. The state that is reached when reaching Nirvana, we call "enlightenment", because we are then no longer ignorant, but know very well about the true connections.

As a logical consequence, there can be no other mental poisons then, because hatred and greed have become as unnecessary as a rash on the skin.

Whoever may spend his life in ignorance, simply not willing to think about the connections, must live through further incarnations because of his weakness of will.

Ignorance as a symbol must be destroyed, then "enlightenment" is possible.

Because my listeners know: The way is the goal!

Wise know: Desire saturates even no golden rain.

The pleasures taste insipid, they are sorrowful all the way.

- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero

Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de

(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)