Amanda's Reviews > Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Through the eyes of the Buddha, the root of suffering is illusion, and the only way out of illusion is to stop believing in the separate self and the worlds that supports separate self. No spiritual message has ever been so radical. None remains so terribly urgent. - Deepak Chopra

Dukkha
Life is unsatisfactory. Pleasure in the pysical world is transient. Pain inevitably follows. Therefore, nothing we experience can be deeply satisfying. There is no resting place in change.

Anicca
Nothing is permanent. All experience is swept away in flux. Cause and effect is endless and confusing. Therefore one can never find clarity or permanence.

Anatta
The separate self is unreliable and ultimately unreal. We apply words like soul and personality to something that is fleeting or ghostly. Our attempts to make the self real never end but also never succeed. Therefore, we cling for reassurance to an illusion.