Significance of Difficulty

The concept of Difficulty varies across different philosophical and religious traditions. In Tibetan Buddhism, it highlights the challenges in understanding how states merge. Vaishnavism views Difficulty as the hardships faced in the journey of deliverance. Vyakarana addresses it as resolved challenges in interpretations and complications due to unavailability of necessary qualities. In Theravada Buddhism, Difficulty is related to specific circumstances allowing a monk to act without incurring an offense in pursuit of freedom.1
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Synonyms: Hardship, Challenge, Struggle, Obstacle, Complication, Adversity, Trouble, Issue, Problem

In Dutch: Moeilijkheidsgraad; In Finnish: Vaikeus; In Spanish: Dificultad

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Buddhist concept of 'Difficulty'

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In Buddhism, Difficulty encompasses the complexities in merging states and a monk's ethically permissible act of striking to attain freedom, highlighting the nuanced approach to challenges and moral dilemmas in spiritual practice.

Significance in Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism):
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From: Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

(1) The challenges or complications that arise when considering how states merge in different forms.[1]

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayana) are collected indepently.

Significance in Theravada (major branch of Buddhism):
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From: Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules)

(1) A circumstance under which a monk may give a blow without incurring an offence if it is aimed at seeking freedom.[2]

Theravada is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Hindu concept of 'Difficulty'

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In Hinduism, Difficulty signifies resolved challenges in interpretations, complications from unavailable prescribed qualities requiring alternatives, and hardships encountered in the pursuit of deliverance, reflecting a multifaceted understanding of life's obstacles.

Significance in Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar):
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From: Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari

(1) A challenge or issue that has been resolved regarding the interpretations under discussion.[3] (2) The complication arising from the unavailability of the prescribed substance or quality, which necessitates alternative solutions.[4]

Vyakarana refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Significance in Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma):
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From: Chaitanya Bhagavata

(1) The challenge or hardship faced by him in the context of being delivered.[5]

Vaishnava or vaishnavism (vaishnavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).