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In the turning wheel’s first noble fold,
Lies the truth of discontentment told.
With eyes that see beyond the veil,
We discern the unsatisfactory trail.

The mind, a canvas, dark and vast,
Where shadows of attachment are cast.
Through insight’s lens, clear and keen,
We see the end of suffering’s scene.

This is an inspired verse with a message of making an effort to cultivate the right view: to reflect on the discontentment in form, feelings, perceptions, choices and consciousness as one interacts with the world.

Related teachings:

• Gradual training, gradual practice and gradual progress - This is the practice outline that the Buddha shares with his students which enables them to cultivate the third eye through the immersions known as jhānas. It is through the clarity of this third eye that one can clearly see the four noble truths.
• The characteristic of Not-self - This is the way to reflect when one is in jhānas to awaken to the truth of enlightenment. This can also be done outside of jhānas as one is interacting with the world or reading the Buddha’s teachings and as there is an observation of grasping towards objects, a tug / a pull of the mind, one can reflect on the three characteristics of impermanence, not-self and discontentment to let go of the mind’s pull, to let go of the grasping.

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Reposted from https://lemmy.world/c/buddhadhamma.