Dawn of the Truth

The teaching of the Buddha, 'sukha kamani bhutani' is that the worldlings often seek happiness and therefore they are attracted to sensual pleasure for satisfaction. On one occasion the Buddha said that a person with uncontrolled craving `jumps from here to there like a monkey searching for fruit in the forest'( Dhammapada 334 ). Over indulgence in sensual pleasures often end in dissatisfaction, making people look for ways to detach from sensual pleasures.   In Search of Liberation   Interestingly, looking for ways to refrain from sense pleasures, the worldlings, still yearn for satisfaction, the Buddha has also said that the beings are insatiable. There are some who take up spiritual meditation practices which enable them to experience some form of happiness by relinquishing greed and ill will to which they tend to get attached and like to dwell in. Those practitioners often leave their lay life (i.e. sensual pleasures) to live in isolation and move to forests. Such yogis...