<p>Buddha taught all worldly things are ephemeral but did not teach everything is "grief". "Grief" is an emotion created by the mind rather than a characteristic of things. </p>

<p>The seeker keeps reflecting &amp; examining how all worldly things are ephemeral until the mind realises completely that ephemeral things cannot be any other way or '<em>suchness</em>' ('<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tath%C4%81t%C4%81" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>tathātā</em></a>'). </p>

<p>This will result in the mind giving up desires &amp; expectations towards ephemeral things. </p>

<p>This is described at the end of the <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.mend.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta</a>, as follows:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>O monks, the well-instructed noble disciple, seeing thus, gets wearied of form, gets wearied of feeling, gets wearied of perception,
  gets wearied of mental formations, gets wearied of consciousness.
  Being wearied he becomes passion-free. In his freedom from passion, he
  is emancipated.</em></p>
</blockquote>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-07-14T10:42:54.770Z
2017-07-14T10:42:54.770Z
Dhamma Dhatu
<p>Eliminate (let go of) attachment, aversion, and ignorance towards all Sankhara.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-07-14T10:33:34.717Z
It might be more helpful if another word was used in the place of sankhara, such as 'things'.
Dhamma Dhatu
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-07-14T09:44:00.027Z
2017-07-14T09:44:00.027Z
SarathW
<p>Buddha taught that everything is ephemeral and everything is grief. What a seeker should do in the above circumstances?</p>

<philosophy>
What Buddha taught by his knowledge about human life?
# What Buddha taught by his knowledge about human life?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-14)

Buddha taught that everything is ephemeral and everything is grief. What a seeker should do in the above circumstances?

**Tags:** philosophy


---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-14. Score: 2

Buddha taught all worldly things are ephemeral but did not teach everything is "grief". "Grief" is an emotion created by the mind rather than a characteristic of things.

The seeker keeps reflecting & examining how all worldly things are ephemeral until the mind realises completely that ephemeral things cannot be any other way or '*suchness*' ('[*tathātā*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tath%C4%81t%C4%81)').

This will result in the mind giving up desires & expectations towards ephemeral things.

This is described at the end of the [Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.mend.html), as follows:

> *O monks, the well-instructed noble disciple, seeing thus, gets wearied of form, gets wearied of feeling, gets wearied of perception,
> gets wearied of mental formations, gets wearied of consciousness.
> Being wearied he becomes passion-free. In his freedom from passion, he
> is emancipated.*


---

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-07-14. Score: 0

Eliminate (let go of) attachment, aversion, and ignorance towards all Sankhara.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It might be more helpful if another word was used in the place of sankhara, such as 'things'.  

---

