Lay down this "burden"...

Even for a moment if we can lay down this "burden," the five aggregates, we can be free from dukka. However as these moments pass we are back in the samsara as our six senses continue to generate this burden with the help of our craving as it's main fuel. With insight gained through practice if we can somehow cut off this fuel completely, we then can lay this burden down forever and can be free dukka and from this samsara.

"Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy pointless search for security"- Tiger Woods

"Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy pointless search for security," Woods said, adding that he had drifted from the teachings in recent years. "It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught."
-Tiger Woods, 19th February, 2010
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/religion_theseeker/2010/02/tiger-woods-talks-of-return-to-golf-buddhism-.html
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com

How does a monk know moderation in eating?

"There is the case where a monk, considering it appropriately, takes his food not playfully, nor for intoxication, nor for putting on bulk, nor for beautification, but simply for the survival & continuance of this body, for ending its afflictions, for the support of the holy life, thinking, 'I will destroy old feelings [of hunger] & not create new feelings [from overeating]. Thus I will maintain myself, be blameless, & live in comfort.' This is how a monk knows moderation in eating."

How does a monk guard the doors to his sense faculties?

"There is the case where a monk, on seeing a form with the eye, does not grasp at any theme or variations by which — if he were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the eye — evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail him. He practices with restraint. He guards the faculty of the eye. He achieves restraint with regard to the faculty of the eye.

"On hearing a sound with the ear...

"On smelling an aroma with the nose...

"On tasting a flavor with the tongue...

"On feeling a tactile sensation with the body...

"On cognizing an idea with the intellect, he does not grasp at any theme or variations by which — if he were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the intellect — evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail him. He practices with restraint. He guards the faculty of the intellect. He achieves restraint with regard to the faculty of the intellect. This is how a monk guards the doors to his sense faculties.

Aparihani Sutta: No Falling Away

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.037.than.html

All about the mind...

Like a fish pulled from its home in the water & thrown on land: this mind flips & flaps about to escape Mara's sway.

Hard to hold down, nimble, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. Its taming is good. The mind well-tamed brings ease.

So hard to see, so very, very subtle, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. The wise should guard it. The mind protected brings ease.

Wandering far, going alone, bodiless, lying in a cave: the mind. Those who restrain it: from Mara's bonds they'll be freed.

-Dhammapada

The tears you have shed...

What do you think, monks: Which is greater, the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — or the water in the four great oceans?"

"As we understand the Dhamma taught to us by the Blessed One, this is the greater: the tears we have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — not the water in the four great oceans."

"Excellent, monks. Excellent. It is excellent that you thus understand the Dhamma taught by me.

"This is the greater: the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — not the water in the four great oceans.

Assu Sutta: Tears
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn15/sn15.003.than.html