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How is the "manifestion" (pātubhāvo) of the earth element the arising (uppāda) of suffering?

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The translations of SN 26.9 sounds unusual to me; which are as follows: > Yo kho, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti > abhinibbatti pātubhāvo … pe … jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo; yo āpodhātuyā > … yo tejodhātuyā … yo vāyodhātuyā … yo ākāsadhātuyā … yo > viññāṇadhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso > uppādo, rogānaṃ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, > pathavīdhātuyā nirodho … pe … jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo; yo āpodhātuyā > nirodho … yo tejodhātuyā nirodho … yo vāyodhātuyā nirodho … yo > ākāsadhātuyā nirodho … yo viññāṇadhātuyā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, > dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṃ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti. > > Mendicants, the arising, continuation, rebirth, and manifestation of the earth element, the water element, the fire element, the air element, the space element, and the consciousness element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death. The cessation of the earth element, the water element, the fire element, the air element, the space element, and the consciousness element is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the ending of old age and death. > >SN 26.9 enter image description here Since the 2nd Noble Truth and Dependent Origination explain suffering arises due to craving, attachment & becoming, how does the "manifestation" of the mere physical elements, per the above translations, manifest as the arising of "suffering"?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu (48153 rep)
May 18, 2018, 01:15 PM
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