Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
The Retribution of Happiness
Also called the “suffering of decay”. In regard to people or properties that we love, we feel sad when they change, decay, or die. For example, when people enjoy good health, a happy family, and a successful career, they view their lives as blessed.
However, at the end of life, we are bound to depart from those we love. The grace and love of the past becomes empty, and the prosperity of the bygone days will not come back again. In the end all are forms of suffering.
樂受
亦名「壞苦」。對所愛之人或物,因死亡破壞之變化所生起之苦感。譬如現在身體健康、家庭美滿、事業順利,感覺人生真是幸福,但是最後一定是生離死別,所謂「從前恩愛,至此成空;昔日榮華,而今不再」,最終都是痛苦的。
Namo Amituofo!
