1. The real evil is our undue attachment to the things which we are associated with. This is the main cause of our sufferings. SMP-47
  2. All that is born of attachment is misery. SMP-49
  3. Miseries are commonly considered to be detestable, but there have been sages who voluntarily courted miseries, thinking them to be a boon and have often prayed to God for them. RD-22
  4. The mind , too , being constantly active, creates within us liking for the one and dislike for the other, introducing the two extremities of a thing. Thus miseries came into existence. This is all the creation of the human mind which results from our ignorance of right relationship of things. RD-22
  5. Desires are the main cause of miseries. So the only solution of miseries is the curtailment of desires. Fewer the desires , lesser shall be our miseries. RD-23