The Third Noble Truth is about complete freedom from affliction.

What does that mean?

Imagine a man afflicted by a horrible skin disease.

So he has sores and blisters all over his limbs that are devoured by worms inside.

And the only relief he could get was when he burned his skin over fire.

And every time he did that, he felt relief.

And also because of the relief, he also felt pleasure.

That is affliction.

Imagine now that you went to see a good doctor, and because of that, he was completely cured of his condition.

And now he felt great all the time.

That is freedom from affliction.

The man now realized that the joy of being free from affliction far exceeded the joy he derived from gratifying his affliction by burning his skin.

In the same reference, our minds are afflicted with grief, hatred, and bigotry.

And that is why we are constantly agitated.

And that is why we keep doing self destructive things just to get a little bit of relief and pleasure.

And also in the same way the joy of being free from this affliction far exceeds the joy that is derived from gratifying that affliction.

The Third Noble Truth is about this state of freedom.

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