Yes. Understanding these critical concepts can be rewarding and exhilarating! The following is another way to look at it.
1. As explained in the post “What are Rūpa? Dhammā are Rūpa too!” dhammās are the kammic energies (kamma bija) that power future lives.
- We have collected possibly innumerable kamma bija in this and past lives. They can lead to rebirths in “good” and “bad” realms, but most are in “bad realms.” Even if born in a “good realm,” it will end, and one will start over.
- That is why “sabbe dhammā anatta.” No dhammā can get rid of suffering!
2. Those dhammā are created via sankhara! (That happens at the “upadana paccaya bhava” step in Paticca Samuppada.) This is a subtle/critical point: See “Bhava – Kammic Energy That Can Power an Existence” and “Upādāna Paccayā Bhava – Two Types of Bhava.”
- That is why engaging in the sankhara generation is useless/unfruitful/dangerous. It mainly leads to suffering, and even more importantly, it can NEVER stop future suffering!
- That is why “sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā” and “sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā.“
Understanding the above two points can be rewarding. See, for example, “Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana.”