Jaro wrote: “Sankhara-Dukkha: The ceaseless effort and strain we invest in trying to recreate the causes and conditions of pleasure. – Among these, Sankhara-Dukkha is considered the most dangerous form of suffering.”
- Yes. Sankhara-Dukkha applies to every sensory input for a puthujjana.
- The mind of a puthujjana gets into the kama loka with any sensory input and at least generates kama sankappa in the ‘purana kamma‘ stage. Even if the mind does not proceed to the ‘nava kamma‘ stage, subtle/weak kamma are done with kama sankappa.
- That is a clear expression of ‘anicca nature’ and can be seen in the following chart.
- “Aniccaṁ vipariṇāmi aññathābhāvi” nature is associated with all sensory inputs for a puthujjana.
- If one comprehends that fact, one can become a Sotapanna Anugami.
- I discussed that in several posts. For example, “Sotapanna Anugāmi and Anicca/Viparināmi Nature of a Defiled Mind” and “First Stage of Ānāpānasati – Seeing the Anicca Nature of ‘Kāya’ .”
P.S. It is called Sankhara-Dukkha because of the ‘sankhara generation’ in panupadanakkhandha accumulation (or equivalently, the initiation of Paticca Samuppada process.)
- “Avijja paccaya sankhara” is how kamma accumulation (a Paticca Samuppada process) starts.
- That starts automatically in the ‘purana kamma‘ stage with the automatic generation of kama sankappa.
