Assume that we have a lovely little daughter whom we love so much. What will happen to us if she is in trouble? Can we guarantee that she will never be in trouble under any condition?
Assume that we love our reputation/status so much: I am a senior monk, I am a sotapana, I am an expert, I am righteous, I am a venerable one, I am rich, I am powerful… What will happen to us if someone said or confirmed that we are stupid, wrong, unworthy, evil? Can we guarantee that will never happen to us?
Assume that we love our body so much. “It is beautiful and charming”. What will happen to us if that body is developing stinky ulcers? Can we guarantee that there will never be anything wrong with our body ever?
Assume that we have spent all our life to build and care for our lovely house so we can live comfortably. What will happen to us if someone came to our house and trashed the whole place for no reason, or if it is burnt out? Can we guarantee that there will never be anything wrong with our lovely house?
Assume that we do not like those people, but anytime we open the news or go somewhere, we’ll see them doing or saying something that is very offensive to us. What will happen to us? Will we suffer?
Assume that we just have the first nice car. Can we guarantee that the car will never give birth to anything else (such as insurance, maintenance, gas,…which we never have to deal with before)? If the car gave birth to those, will we be in trouble if we have no money by some reason? Why do we need to deal with maintenance, gas, insurance,…? Can we also guarantee that “maintenance” will never give another birth to something else like replacing battery, tires,…? Do we see why birth is in the list of dukkha?
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What should we do so all of those sufferings will never happen to us under any condition? Why do we get into those troubles?
When there is no condition that can ever cause those kinds of suffering to us, we have a glimpse into the non-condition.
What is that non-condition?