The Cause of Suffering: Addiction to Negative Emotions

A wonderfully funny and insightful teaching on the cause of suffering given by Gelec Rimpoche. I love that Gelek comes from a very ordinary human place. We are all suffering no matter what our station or condition is in life and the cause of that suffering is addiction to negative emotions such as fear, hatred, jealousy, self loathing, depression, etc. The list is long but behind these emotions is the ego. Ego gives us the idea that we must be better than another, and certainly different and therefore in need of protection from the onslaught of all the other separate egos out there who also have the same idea based in ignorence.  If we could cut out the ego or at least reduce its hold on us by understanding how it works in our lives negative emotions would be less likely to arise and suffering would be reduced. Follow the link for the teaching in pdf form from Tricycle magazine.

http://www.tricycle.com/files/images/webexclusives/Chapter%204.pdf


You can also download 2 free teachings from Gelek Rimpoche by going to the following link for Jewelheart, his retreat center in Michigan.

http://www.jewelheart.org/tricycle/?utm_source=tricycle&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=newsite