The Four Noble Truths
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- The Four Noble Truths
- The Four Noble Truths are the Buddha's main teachings
- The Doctor Analogy is used to describe the Four Noble Truths
- 1st Noble Truth = The illness
- 2nd Noble Truth = The cause of the illness
- 3rd Noble Truth = The truth that there is an end to the illness
- 4th Noble Truth = The cure
- After teaching the Middle Way, the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths
- ''I teach but one thing, suffering, its causes and its ends'' - the Buddha
- The Doctor Analogy is used to describe the Four Noble Truths
- The First Noble Truth
- Life has inevitable suffering
- DUKKHA
- Suffering comes in many forms (e.g. the four passing sights)
- No matter how much satisfaction, happiness or pleasure we get it does not last
- This will eventually, always lead to suffering
- Life has inevitable suffering
- The Second Noble Truth
- The origin of suffering
- SAMUDAYA
- The Buddha claimed to have found the cause of all suffering
- He taught that the root of all suffering is desire (Tanha)
- This comes in 3 forms - THE THREE POISONS
- The 3 roots of evil are the 3 ultimate causes of suffering
- This comes in 3 forms - THE THREE POISONS
- FIRE SERMON: where the Buddha taught more about suffering
- The origin of suffering
- The Third Noble Truth
- End of suffering
- NIRODHA
- The way to extinguish desire is to liberate oneself from attachment
- The Buddha was a living example that this is possible
- Nirvana: extinguishing. Reaching enlightenment means extinguishing the 3 fires
- FIRE SERMON: "When I liberated, there is knowledge that he is liberated."
- After death an enlightened person is liberated from the cycle of rebirth
- No definite answers as to what happens next
- After death an enlightened person is liberated from the cycle of rebirth
- End of suffering
- The Fourth Noble Truth
- The Eightfold Path/ Middle is the cure to ending suffering
- WISDOM: right understanding + right intention
- ETHICAL CONDUCT: right speech, right action + right livelihood
- MEDITATION: right effort, right mindfulness + right concentration
- The cure
- MAGGA
- The Buddha described the Eightfold Path as a means to enlightenment
- The Eightfold Path/ Middle is the cure to ending suffering
- The Four Noble Truths are the Buddha's main teachings
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