Life is suffering, birth, old age, illness and death are all suffering
Life, how can we not be miserable when we step into this cruel world?
As an old man, if you have children of the next generation, you will be treated poorly and looked down upon by the children of the next generation. If you have no children, you will die alone and desolate. How can you not suffer?
Illness is a lot of pain, and if you go to the hospital and lose all your money, how can you not be miserable?
Death is like a tortoise shedding its shell in life, and the four elements are dissociated. How can it not be painful?
This is a story about the Eight Sufferings to cultivate a world-weary outlook and not to be confused by the world of mortals.
Purpose: To help dissociate the mind, to help liberate the mind, to cultivate the world-weary view, and not to be deceived by the world of mortals