Answer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for What is the "nature of reality" according to the Buddha?

I have read that the Buddha said the cause of suffering is ignorance of the "nature of reality". Is this correct?

Yes it is correct. If you knew the real nature of something you will not become:

• attached to something impermanent as permanent and be sad when this thing you hold dear breaks or decays
• we are in a roller coaster of sensation which we have no control over and laos changing, i.e., all thing we hold as good and pleasurable comes to an end, we encounter things we do not like and when things are neutral this also can change into some unwanted situation as we still creating a future for ourselves
• consider things that actually bring displeasure in the long haul as me or mine

What is the "nature of reality" that the Buddha talks about?

• Knowledge of the 4 Noble Truths
• Knowledge of Dependent Origination
• Knowledge of Patthana - Conditional Relations or a more elaborate description of Dependent Origination
• Knowledge of Three marks of existence

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