Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People Understanding Suffering
Buddhism Lesson
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I see myself as a good person,'}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '23.279', 'text': 'but still, why do all these bad, painful'}, {'start': '20.960', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'things and sufferings happen in my life?'}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '27.760', 'text': 'Why does life always keep testing me?"'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '30.240', 'text': "We've probably all asked these questions"}, {'start': '27.760', 'end': '32.760', 'text': 'many times in our lives. Do you know how'}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '34.719', 'text': 'the Buddha saw this? On the night of his'}, {'start': '32.760', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'enlightenment, the first thing he'}, {'start': '34.719', 'end': '38.960', 'text': 'realized was that life consists of'}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '41.440', 'text': 'suffering. Suffering is a part of'}, {'start': '38.960', 'end': '43.280', 'text': "everyone's life. The Buddha did not see"}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '46.000', 'text': 'suffering as something that only happens'}, {'start': '43.280', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'to good people or bad people. He saw'}, {'start': '46.000', 'end': '50.399', 'text': 'that suffering is universal. However,'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '52.320', 'text': 'when we face adversities, painful'}, {'start': '50.399', 'end': '54.879', 'text': 'situations, or difficult realities in'}, {'start': '52.320', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'our lives, we often feel like we are the'}, {'start': '54.879', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'only ones going through that suffering'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '60.480', 'text': "or difficulty. That's how everyone"}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '62.640', 'text': 'feels. And to be honest, sometimes I'}, {'start': '60.480', 'end': '64.960', 'text': 'feel that way too. But what the Buddha'}, {'start': '62.640', 'end': '67.439', 'text': 'teaches us is to see suffering as a'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '70.560', 'text': 'universal phenomenon. Let me tell you a'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '72.799', 'text': 'story. A young mother lost her baby. She'}, {'start': '70.560', 'end': '75.200', 'text': 'loved her baby so much that she refused'}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'to accept the death. She took her baby'}, {'start': '75.200', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'and ran from village to village, city to'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'city, desperately seeking a doctor who'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '85.040', 'text': 'could cure her child. But no one could'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '87.520', 'text': 'bring a dead person back to life.'}, {'start': '85.040', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'Finally, she met the Buddha. The Buddha'}, {'start': '87.520', 'end': '92.960', 'text': 'said, "Okay, I will cure your baby, but'}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '95.119', 'text': 'we need one medicine for this. Can you'}, {'start': '92.960', 'end': '97.200', 'text': 'go and bring me a handful of mustard'}, {'start': '95.119', 'end': '100.159', 'text': 'seeds from a family where no one has'}, {'start': '97.200', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'ever died?" The mother was overjoyed.'}, {'start': '100.159', 'end': '104.400', 'text': 'Thinking this would be easy, she rushed'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '107.280', 'text': 'back to the village and went to the'}, {'start': '104.400', 'end': '109.200', 'text': 'first house she found. She asked, "Do'}, {'start': '107.280', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'you have a handful of mustard that I can'}, {'start': '109.200', 'end': '114.159', 'text': 'have?" As the householder was about to'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'give her the seeds, she asked, "Has'}, {'start': '114.159', 'end': '119.759', 'text': 'anyone in your family ever died?" They'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '122.799', 'text': 'replied, "Oh, my uncle died last year."'}, {'start': '119.759', 'end': '124.799', 'text': 'She said, "I don\'t want your mustard."'}, {'start': '122.799', 'end': '127.759', 'text': 'She went to the next house and received'}, {'start': '124.799', 'end': '130.000', 'text': 'the same answer. Someone had died. She'}, {'start': '127.759', 'end': '132.480', 'text': 'went from one house to another through'}, {'start': '130.000', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'the whole village. And the only word she'}, {'start': '132.480', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'heard was death. Then she understood.'}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '139.920', 'text': 'Death was not something unique to her.'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '142.000', 'text': 'It was something she heard about in'}, {'start': '139.920', 'end': '144.640', 'text': 'every single house on her journey.'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '146.560', 'text': 'Perhaps her child was truly dead. With'}, {'start': '144.640', 'end': '149.040', 'text': 'her heart made strong enough to accept'}, {'start': '146.560', 'end': '151.040', 'text': "her baby's death, she returned to the"}, {'start': '149.040', 'end': '154.000', 'text': 'monastery to meet the Buddha. She'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '156.319', 'text': 'thanked him not for curing the baby, but'}, {'start': '154.000', 'end': '158.239', 'text': 'for curing her heart. What the Buddha'}, {'start': '156.319', 'end': '161.360', 'text': 'teaches us about life is to see'}, {'start': '158.239', 'end': '164.080', 'text': 'suffering as universal. So the next time'}, {'start': '161.360', 'end': '166.800', 'text': 'you go through a difficulty, a hardship'}, {'start': '164.080', 'end': '168.879', 'text': 'or a painful feeling in life, understand'}, {'start': '166.800', 'end': '170.560', 'text': 'that you are not alone. There are so'}, {'start': '168.879', 'end': '173.040', 'text': 'many people going through similar'}, {'start': '170.560', 'end': '175.360', 'text': 'situations and suffering. Most of the'}, {'start': '173.040', 'end': '177.519', 'text': 'time we try to remove suffering from our'}, {'start': '175.360', 'end': '179.760', 'text': 'lives. We always wish that this'}, {'start': '177.519', 'end': '181.680', 'text': "suffering wasn't there. We might go to"}, {'start': '179.760', 'end': '183.680', 'text': 'sleep hoping that when we wake up the'}, {'start': '181.680', 'end': '186.000', 'text': 'next morning all the problems will have'}, {'start': '183.680', 'end': '188.080', 'text': 'been a dream and will have disappeared.'}, {'start': '186.000', 'end': '190.319', 'text': 'But the reality is when there is'}, {'start': '188.080', 'end': '192.400', 'text': 'suffering in life, there is suffering.'}, {'start': '190.319', 'end': '195.120', 'text': 'The first thing we need to do is accept'}, {'start': '192.400', 'end': '197.200', 'text': 'that suffering exists in life. The whole'}, {'start': '195.120', 'end': '199.680', 'text': 'point of realizing the first noble truth'}, {'start': '197.200', 'end': '202.480', 'text': 'in Buddhism is to accept suffering as it'}, {'start': '199.680', 'end': '204.400', 'text': 'is. to see it as it is. Only when you'}, {'start': '202.480', 'end': '206.959', 'text': 'accept suffering can you begin to cure'}, {'start': '204.400', 'end': '208.800', 'text': 'it or find a remedy for it. First and'}, {'start': '206.959', 'end': '211.360', 'text': 'foremost, you need to accept that there'}, {'start': '208.800', 'end': '213.200', 'text': 'is pain and suffering in all our lives.'}, {'start': '211.360', 'end': '215.760', 'text': 'And then we can choose what to do with'}, {'start': '213.200', 'end': '217.760', 'text': 'it. Most of the time, we spend a lot of'}, {'start': '215.760', 'end': '220.400', 'text': 'energy worrying about changing what we'}, {'start': '217.760', 'end': '222.720', 'text': 'simply cannot change. How we react to'}, {'start': '220.400', 'end': '225.840', 'text': 'these experiences in life is what truly'}, {'start': '222.720', 'end': '227.920', 'text': 'matters. Often the painful feelings and'}, {'start': '225.840', 'end': '230.560', 'text': 'sufferings that come into our lives are'}, {'start': '227.920', 'end': '232.640', 'text': 'blessings in disguise. If we never face'}, {'start': '230.560', 'end': '234.799', 'text': 'difficult situations, hardships or'}, {'start': '232.640', 'end': '237.040', 'text': 'challenges, how could we develop a'}, {'start': '234.799', 'end': '238.959', 'text': "strong mindset? There's a saying that if"}, {'start': '237.040', 'end': '240.959', 'text': 'you need to learn how to swim, you have'}, {'start': '238.959', 'end': '243.040', 'text': 'to jump into the pool. You have to'}, {'start': '240.959', 'end': '245.200', 'text': 'experience in some way how drowning'}, {'start': '243.040', 'end': '246.799', 'text': 'feels. And only then can you realize'}, {'start': '245.200', 'end': '249.840', 'text': 'what you need to do to learn how to'}, {'start': '246.799', 'end': '253.040', 'text': 'swim. Similarly, there is no use in'}, {'start': '249.840', 'end': '255.280', 'text': 'trying to avoid, wish away, or pray that'}, {'start': '253.040', 'end': '257.919', 'text': "suffering wasn't in life. There's no"}, {'start': '255.280', 'end': '260.799', 'text': 'point wishing and praying, "Please don\'t'}, {'start': '257.919', 'end': '262.880', 'text': 'give me suffering." Instead, always'}, {'start': '260.799', 'end': '264.880', 'text': 'cultivate a mindset that allows you to'}, {'start': '262.880', 'end': '266.960', 'text': 'face all these sufferings and painful'}, {'start': '264.880', 'end': '269.280', 'text': 'situations strongly. Whenever you'}, {'start': '266.960', 'end': '271.600', 'text': 'develop a strong mind capable of facing'}, {'start': '269.280', 'end': '273.520', 'text': 'any kind of challenge in your life, you'}, {'start': '271.600', 'end': '275.919', 'text': 'can find happiness and peace because you'}, {'start': '273.520', 'end': '278.320', 'text': 'are ready for anything that life brings.'}, {'start': '275.919', 'end': '280.080', 'text': 'So, always wish for a strong mindset to'}, {'start': '278.320', 'end': '282.720', 'text': 'face any challenge or difficult'}, {'start': '280.080', 'end': '284.479', 'text': 'situation in life. Remember, not only do'}, {'start': '282.720', 'end': '286.720', 'text': 'bad things happen to good people, but'}, {'start': '284.479', 'end': '288.880', 'text': 'good things also happen to good people.'}, {'start': '286.720', 'end': '291.120', 'text': 'And sometimes you might wonder why good'}, {'start': '288.880', 'end': '292.960', 'text': 'things happen to bad people. It is not'}, {'start': '291.120', 'end': '295.040', 'text': 'always the case that good things only'}, {'start': '292.960', 'end': '297.360', 'text': 'happen to bad people or bad things only'}, {'start': '295.040', 'end': '299.840', 'text': 'happen to good people. That is the law'}, {'start': '297.360', 'end': '302.080', 'text': 'of this world. We all need to develop'}, {'start': '299.840', 'end': '304.720', 'text': 'the mindset to see suffering as a common'}, {'start': '302.080', 'end': '307.600', 'text': 'truth for everyone, not just a personal'}, {'start': '304.720', 'end': '309.680', 'text': 'burden. I wish you all well and may you'}, {'start': '307.600', 'end': '313.199', 'text': 'all be able to develop a strong mindset'}, {'start': '309.680', 'end': '313.199', 'text': 'to face any challenge in your'}]