Abstract

                This thesis titled “A Study of Suffering and The cessation of Suffering in the Dhammapada Commentary” consists of two objectives: to study the teaching of  Dukkha in the scripture of Dhammapada Commentary and to  Analytical Study of Suffering and The cessation of Suffering in the Dhammapada Commentary.  This research is documentary. The researcher has collected and analyzed informations from the documents.

      The result of research found that Dukkha is a state of being unbearable, unpleasant, physically and mentally oppressed. It is the nature of all things  which  cannot  last  in  the  same  condition  forever, because  they  are  impermanent  and  non-self,  they  depend  upon  other  factors in the form of continuous flowing stream. The attachment in Five Aggregates, therefore; is the cause of suffering that is divided into two kinds; physical suffering and mental suffering. Buddhism focuses on the latter as the origin of all sufferings, namely; Tanha (craving or thirst) caused by Avijja (ignorance or delusion). To eliminate Dukkha, one has to expel the thirst through the Noble Eightfold Path that are summarized into Trisikkha; Sila (Precepts), Samadhi (Concentration) and Panna (Wisdom). 

      The Explanation of teaching about Dukkha in the scripture of  Dhammapada Commentary through the stories of several persons such as the Buddha and his disciples;  Bhikkhu, Bhikkhuni, Upasaka, Upasika and general  people both  in the present  and  previous existence that  shows the process of Dukkha, the origin of Dukkha, the cessation of Dukkha and the path leading to cessation of Dukkha, including  the way of life  leading to the cessation of suffering through the process of suffering and the  extinction of suffering. In Dhammapada Commentary, there are the principles of Buddha’s teachings which lead to the cessation of suffering in accordance with that of Four Noble Truths, namely; Trisikkha. So it can be summarized that the explanation of Dukkha in the scripture of Dhammapada Commentary is that of Four Noble Truths discovered by the Buddha through several persons. The scripture of Dhammapada Commentary, therefore; is suitable for studying which mentions suffering with exposition in terms of persons. This  can  help  people  to  understand the teaching of Dukkha easily and to attain  further  supreme  bliss. 

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