UNIVERSAL TRUTH - TAP TO DISCOVER
THE 5 SUFFERINGS OF LIFE
01
Suffering starts from the very first breath. The moment a child leaves the womb, the cycle of desire begins.
Due to the cycle of rebirth, we spend nine months in the mother's womb and the child always leaves the womb crying. The child faces trouble breathing. He/she needs oxygen. The intake of air is the first stage in the desire, the cycle of desires now starts: followed by milk, food, and water and it continues to build with time. All throughout life, the cycle of want/desires continues to ask for more. Hence the 'Suffering begins at birth'.
Hence — Birth is a Suffering
02
We crave for youth while time moves forward. Suffering is our refusal to accept the reality of getting old.
When the child grows to a teenager and then to an adult, one starts realizing he is Aging fast. Soon, one observes his hair is greying and realizes he is getting old and starts feeling miserable about it, he never wants to become old. This is the cause; we mostly want something which is not possible. Even after knowing the fact that he is ageing, and this is a Fact of Life, but we never want to accept the reality. One craves for remaining young hence the suffering continues. Hence — Ageing is a Suffering
03
When the body deteriorates, we feel miserable. Suffering is seeking a healthy body that is no longer available.
One or the other kind of illness starts in the life. There is weakness, the joints pain, we have diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure or any other disease. Whichever ailment one has, we all think 'this is the worst disease' there is none as bad as this. Because we have experienced that disease. One doesn't want to accept the fact that the body also deteriorates with the age, one will get old and may go through diseases as the body gets old. But still, one craves to remain young and having healthy body always. But that is not possible. The meaning of Suffering is 'seeking which is not available.'
Hence — Sickness is a Suffering
04
The separation with anyone we love leaves a sadness in our lives. Whether it is due to misunderstanding, distance, or death — human nature struggles to accept these occurrences.
The separation with anyone we love leaves a sadness in our lives. Such separation may be due to any misunderstanding between individuals or due to people living in different geographies or due to death. The human nature is 'Not accepting the bad occurrences of life.'
The realization comes only when one accepts the reality. Once we accept the reality, then only objectivity comes and our mind starts to realize the truth. We also feel that more attachment we have with each other, the more we suffer due to separation. It is also a function of our expectations from the person we love, more the expectation more the suffering on separation.
We as a human, we start building expectations from the time when the would-be child (son or a daughter) is conceived. We start building our expectations for and from the would-be child. These expectations keep growing with the passage of time. Due to any reason, when these expectations are not met, our so-called heart is broken, and we suffer. The death of the loved one is in any case very painful. Hence loosing loved ones is a suffering.
Hence — Losing Loved Ones is a Suffering
05
Nothing in life is permanent. We suffer because we lose balance when things don't happen according to our wants.
Since childhood one aspires to become someone (A child looks at his surroundings and he says I will be a doctor or a Pilot or a…….) The parents also encourage the child to dream. Even as we grow & become adult, we want to get lots of money, attain success, wanting a perfect and comfortable lifestyle. When one achieves this, he becomes very joyful & he works very hard for getting more and more and more. But the moment he loses it he becomes miserable.
We have heard that nothing is permanent, but we always feel that the good times we have is permanent. The law of the nature is "Nothing in life is permanent." We humans want good time to be permanent and want the bad times to go away quickly. When it doesn't happen the way we want, we lose the balance of our mind. We suffer because of things not happening according to our wants.
Hence — Not Getting What We Want is a Suffering
You have seen 5 sufferings.
Craving comfort, taste, beauty — pleasures mistaken for permanent happiness.
The drive to be wealthier, more powerful, more respected — a destination that never arrives.
Wanting pain, problems, people to disappear. The resistance itself becomes the suffering.
Suffering is a common feeling we all humans go through. Every living being on this planet has a big or small suffering everywhere. Even when we are irritated it is suffering. Human beings have suffered in the past, are suffering currently and they will suffer in future. Suffering is common for all, including the privileged ones and the under privileged ones.
Dr. Subhash Chandra gained knowledge and experience since his childhood from his grandfather Late Jagan Nath Ji Goenka and Late S.N. Goenka (Vipassana Guru).
He has met Lakhs of people during his life, many of them had some good quality in them, which he absorbed. He soaked positive thoughts from them like a sponge soaks.
After the success of Dr. Subhash Chandra Show, thousands of followers kept writing to him, seeking guidance on all kinds of issues faced at any stage in life.
Many of his friends, followers, and DSC show viewers kept writing to him to restart the motivational show. The need was clear.
Therefore, after the success of Dr. Subhash Chandra Show and on the request of followers, Dr. Subhash Chandra has decided to become your SARTHI (mentor) for you. SACH Foundation will be adding this to its existing activities. He is happy to invite you to be part of the SACH community.
He decided to guide the people, followers, and members of the community on all kinds of issues faced at any stage in life with his best of his ability. He has 60+ years of working life experience and has mainly gained wisdom from Late Jagan Nath Ji Goenka and Late S.N. Goenka (Vipassana Guru).
He has been a student throughout his life and continues to remain one. Thus, he has decided to make a comeback in a new AVTAR of SARTHI using the SACH Foundation online platform.
Empowering every individual by making their life Hopeful, Happy, Healthy and Creative through solving the issues faced by them at any stage of life.
Our mission is to support the vision of empowering individual to become self-reliant and sufficient. So that each one of you can become capable to help someone else who needs the help. This will make a chain reaction and will make a strong, capable and happy society.
From the BIRTH TILL DEATH, we all human beings are in one of five sufferings (not less than five nor more than five) except when we are in DEEP SLEEP. Even when we are sleeping and having a dream-state, our dreams are also having one of these five sufferings.
Please write to SACH if you think you know of a SIXTH suffering. We request you to test your past & current thoughts or even the thoughts you have about the future with one of these five sufferings stated here, you will realize that your current situation is also having one of the five sufferings or is a result of one of these five sufferings.
These five are: Birth is a suffering, ageing is a suffering, sickness is a suffering, disassociation from the loved one is a suffering, not to get what one wants or gets what you don't want is suffering.
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प्रिय,
यह जीवन और यह दुनिया बहुत सुंदर और सुखदायी है, परंतु हम अपनी इच्छाओं के अधीन होने के कारण अपने लिए दुःख को बुला लेते हैं। मनुष्य जीवन का मिलना ही अपने आप में यह दर्शाता है कि आपका पिछला जन्म अवश्य ही आनंदमय रहा है।
आपने 'सच' को अपना सारथी चुना, इसके लिए आपका स्वागत है और बहुत-सी शुभकामनाएँ। आप स्वयं अपने जीवन के रथ के चालक हैं और जीवनपर्यंत रहेंगे। मैं या अन्य कोई भी—चाहे वे आपके गुरु हों अथवा आचार्य, आपके माता-पिता हों या आपके मित्र—ये सभी आपको अपने-अपने रूप और अपनी समझ के अनुसार दिशा दिखा सकते हैं, किंतु चलना तो आपको ही पड़ेगा।
कोई भी, चाहे वह स्वयं को भगवान ही क्यों न कहे, अथवा जिसे आप पूज्य मानते हों और उन पर पूर्ण विश्वास करते हों—यदि वे आपकी समस्या का उपाय किसी भी प्रकार की पूजा-अर्चना, जादू-टोना या किसी मंदिर में मन्नत माँगने के रूप में देते हैं, तो मैं कहूँगा कि यह सब करने से आपको मन की सांत्वना तो मिल सकती है, पर समस्या का निदान हो ही जाएगा, इसका भरोसा नहीं किया जा सकता।
'सच' (Sarthi for your life) एक ऐसा प्लेटफॉर्म है जहाँ हम आपकी समस्या का समाधान अपनी समझ और जीवन के लम्बे सफ़र मैं जो experience और अनुभव से सीखा और जाना उसी से करने का प्रयास करेंगे और इसी प्रकार की सलाह भी देंगे और रास्ता दिखाएँगे। उस पर चलना और प्रयास करना तो आपको ही पड़ेगा।
हम जीवन के अच्छे और बुरे समय में काम आने वाली अन्य बातों पर भी चर्चा करते रहेंगे, जिससे यदि जीवन में कठिनाई आए भी, तो आप उसमें से हँसते-मुस्कुराते बाहर निकल सकें।
तो आइए, चलते हैं एक हसीन, meaningful और सार्थक यात्रा पर।
