Once a person attaches to self,

then he will carry out distinction (

). He will start to divide
everything into mine or others.

Then he will have the idea of good

and bad, pretty and ugly, rich and
poor, happy and sad

Desires appear

Values and Life :

Suffering & Buddhism

distinction ()
By

HO Kai-lung

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six sense-objects

Matter
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six sense-organs

External: the physical world

Internal: the material body
and the physical sense
organs.

conception

sensation

consciousness

Interaction of humans mind

with external world
impulses

Skandha
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Suffering is made by
yourselves

The FIVE types of

phenomena that serve as
objects of clinging, and bases
for a sense of self.

Skandha
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Living in the sea of bitterness!

Please give up materialistic enjoyment!
Please give up the abuse use of distinction ()

When you understand the external physical word, your

understanding is not only the objective sharp, colour,
length, and weight, but it is also added with the
subjective humans value.
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Matter, sensation, conception, impulses, consciousness

This action repeats again and again

Pretty or ugly, expensive or cheap

romantic or boring, love or hate, diamond or gold ring

Humans action and behavior proves that human is not

exactly living in the physical world but living within the
illusion () - a virtual world made by himself!