Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Feeling of Sorrow
Also known as the Sorrow of Suffering. The Buddha says it is one of the three kinds of feelings that people experience (feeling of sorrow, feeling of joy, feeling of no-sorrow and no-joy). It is a kind of feeling of sorrow arising from the various conditions that cause suffering. This includes, suffering from external phenomena or realms. For example: the suffering from illness, non-harmony in love, unwholesomeness in career development, from being scolded or blamed by others, or even departing from the ones you love. These sufferings are boundless; so, they are called the “feelings of sorrow”.
苦受
亦名「苦苦」。佛陀開示人的三種感受(苦受、樂受、不苦不樂受)之一。由眾苦之緣而生起的苦的感受,即所面對的境界本身就是苦的,譬如身體病痛、感情不和、事業不順,受人家冤枉謾罵,乃至生離死別,痛苦無邊,所以叫「苦苦」。
Namo Amituofo!
