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The last part sums it up


In short, the five aggregates subject to grasping are stressful.


So whenever there is grasping, then any change or alteration in the aggregates will bring dukkha

Hi Craig

Naturally, I agree with you here because the Buddha described the essence of dukkha as grasping (upadana).

However, the Buddha did not exclusively mention 'grasping' in the first noble truth.

Instead, the Buddha provided a gradual teaching, listing what ordinary people regard as suffering (birth, sickness, death, sorrow, pain, separation, etc) and then revealing, on the level of ultimate truth, all suffering is grasping.

So returning to the more mundane expressions of dukkha, I am still not certain the list is complete.

For example, a person who is physically sick reads the 1st noble truth and reflects: "Indeed sickness is suffering, the Buddha has seen my predicament."

Or a person who has lost a loved one reads the 1st noble truth and reflects: "Indeed, separation from the loved is suffering, the Buddha has seen my predicament."

So before the ultimate level of grasping is understood, are there more mundane experiences of suffering missing from the 1st noble truth?

Kind regards