In English
What is the cause of man’s misery? Is sorrow natural to man or is it a mere artefact? Ignorance is the ultimate cause of sorrow. Attachment arises from ignorance and leads to birth, which may be called the immediate cause of sorrow. We must, therefore, strive to remove our ignorance and avoid sorrow. Sorrow is not natural to man. Were it so, its elimination would have led to the extinction of the human nature. The baby bubbling over with joy in its cradle points to the fact that joy is natural to man. With the child playing happily in its cradle, the mother nonchalantly carries on with the household chores. But a sudden cry from the baby makes the mother give up her work and rush to it and search for an insect or an ant that could possibly have made the baby cry.