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Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul · Director, Tibet House, New Delhi

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The Immediate Causes of the Three Types of Suffering

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**Immediate Cause of Suffering of Suffering: Non-virtuous karma and non-virtuous afflictions. (Note: afflictions may not always be non-virtuous.)

**Immediate Cause of Suffering of Change: Contaminated virtuous karmas.

**Immediate Cause of Pervasive Conditioned Suffering: Self-grasping ignorance.

The Immediate Causes of the Three Types of Suffering
The Immediate Causes of the Three Types of Suffering
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