I was reading some Buddhist texts and came across the Dharma of Causation. Does anyone know what it is or what it means? I thought it meant something about the cause of suffering which is referred to in the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble truths talks about the nature of suffering. Why it happens and how it can end.
1. The truth about suffering. Life involves dissatisfaction, pain, emotional upheaval. Happy moments do not last forever.
2. The cause of suffering is the desire for things (or situations) and attachments. It comes from not truly understanding the truth of how reality would really work.
3. Suffering can end.
4. The path to liberation.
This doesn’t mean that one will not suffer or there will never be any pain. People who have experienced the truth of one’s nature still live in this world. Still have situations which will make them cry out and experience pain. But, when one experiences the truth then one understands that everything changes. We go from one moment in life to the next. The peace that we have inside doesn’t have to be lost in the moment.
The Dharma of causation says the cause will find the right condition for the effects to come about. Could be said to be linked to Karma. One’s actions provides the the cause and the conditions allows for the effects to come about. One plants an orange seed then the orange tree will grow. Nothing in life arises by itself without reason.
Well, if you have more understanding about this then please let me know. When old woman who complained about her husband’s drinking to my friend. After listening to her full story. He said that she was to blame. It turned out that it was her that caused her husband to drink. Her husband took pride in his work. But his boss did not let him do his work right and always criticized him. He comes home to his wife who talks down to him. Making him feel bad for not listening to the boss. So, being disrespected, he stay away from home and goes out drinking. So, learning this, she changes her behavior She began to care about his work, about him. And her husband changes his behavior and stops drinking. This didn’t happen right away. It took time to change.
Was my friend right to tell this woman that she was to blame for her husband’s drinking? Was he too direct? Does the end justify the means? I don’t know. I was stunned by this and the way things turned out.
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