Already explained in one of my previous posts that this, unfortunately, doesn't constitute the cessation of dukkha, but merely its reduction.samseva wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:20 am I don't think you consider it as such, but suffering is not on or off—it's varying degrees of intensity. There are some who suffer immensely, from unwholesome kamma and actions during their life, being in prison for life, drug addicts—while some suffer only 10% or even 1% of what similar people experience.
What the teachings offer is to first avoid the things which lead to immense amounts of suffering—and then, the more and more you develop the Path, the less and less you suffer.
Also, regarding any attempts to categorize dukkha in terms of levels: I think it's pretty clear in the suttas that this is futile. Many passages make it clear that, ultimately, everything is dukkha, including "sukha". For example:
“Monks, just as even a tiny amount of feces is foul-smelling, in the same way, I don’t praise even a tiny amount of becoming—even as much as a finger-snap.”
"He has no uncertainty or doubt that, when there is arising, only stress is arising; and that when there is passing away, only stress is passing away."
"What is its great danger and fear?" (referring to the world), "Suffering-stress, [is] its great danger and fear"