| Life Means Suffering. To live means to suffer; human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. Just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too. The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof. Transient things; the physical objects that surround us, ideas, and -in a greater sense- all objects of our perception. Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things. The reasons for suffering are desire, passion, ardour, pursuit of wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or in short: craving and clinging. Because the objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is inevitable, thus suffering will necessarily follow. Objects of attachment also include the idea of a "self" which is a delusion, because there is no abiding self. Share 
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