Six Components of Skillful Application

1. Do things with precision 2. Give value to resources and raw materials

The Noble Truth of Suffering : Metaphors for the importance of the Aggregates of Clinging

The Soil of the Earth: Just as the soil is prerequisite for the growth of all forms of plant life the aggregates of Clinging are prerequisite to the arising of all other forms of suffering

What is skillfulness in Application

Skillfulness in application refers to the application of knowledge and the individuals who can apply that knowledge fruitfully

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 13. Clinging to the Five Aggregates

Our psychophysical constituents or aggregates comprise five categories: corporeality [rupakhanda], feelings [uedanakhanda]

The Noble Truth of Suffering :12. Disappointment

The Buddha divided this category of suffering into two parts material disappointment and abstract disappointment

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 11. Separation from loved ones and treasured things

If we are someone who wishes for fulfillment by the sense-pleasures and habitually partake of those sense-pleasures

The Noble Truth of Suffering :10. Exposure to hateful things

The Buddha characterized this form of suffering as the sort of cloudedness of mind, grief and melancholy which result from cloudedness of mind

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 9. Bemonaing [upayassa dukkha]

The Buddha characterized this form of suffering as the sort of grief that comes from loss of a loved relative, loss of honour or influence

Characteristics of Those who are not skillful in Knowledge

They enjoy praising themselves, love compliments; pay increasing attention and care to their appearance

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 8. Resentment

The Buddha characterized this form of suffering as that which makes us aggressively sensitive about a particular thing