[Amin]

Hello everybody.

• It’s a sermon of venrabel Waharaka Abhayaratanālaṁkāra Thero.

•Excellent explanation of the first Ariya Truth.

And what is meant by the word “pi“?

Katamaṃ ca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṃ ariya·saccaṃ? Jāti-pi
dukkhā, jarā-pi dukkhā (byādhi-pi dukkho) maraṇam-pi
dukkhaṃ, soka·parideva·dukkha·domanass·upāyāsā pi
dukkhā, a·p·piyehi sampayogo dukkho, piyehi
vippayogo dukkho, yampicchaṃ na labhati tam·pi
dukkhaṃ; saṅkhittena pañc·upādāna·k·khandhā
dukkhā.

[Lal]

There, “pi” means “also.” 

• Birth, getting old, getting sick, etc., are all suffering.

However, besides the apparent mundane meaning that getting old and getting sick are suffering, there is a deeper meaning, too.

• A birth means still trapped in the rebirth process with suffering. All births end up in old age, suffering, and death.

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