Suffering

Shakyamuni Buddha said,

Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits.... By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

You suffer from yourself alone; no one comples you.

Many for refuge go to mountains and to forests, to shrines that are groves of trees humans who are threatened by fear. This is not refuge secure, this refuge is not the highest. Having come to this refuge, one is not released from all misery. But who to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha as refuge has gone, sees with full insight the four noble truths.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Suffering is caused by desire; desire can be eradicated.

Now this, monks, is the Noble Truth about Ill:
Birth is Ill, decay is Ill, sickness is Ill, death is Ill: likewise sorrow and grief, woe lamentation and despair. To be conjoined with things which are dislike: to be separated from things we like, - that also is Ill. Not to get what one wants - that also is Ill. In a word, this body, this five-fold mass which is based on grasping - that is Ill.

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Behind every dark happening, behind every difficulty, there is a hidden blessing.

White Eagle

If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then also there is no need to worry.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama

Pain is your teacher; pain is there for a reason.

Satchidananda

Suffering increases your inner strenght. Also the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama

When you have fear, you can think: "Others have fear similiar to this; may I take to myself all of their fears." Even though you are opening yourself to greater suffering, taking greater hardship on yourself, your fear lessens.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama