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noble truths

The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened. - The Buddha. 4. noble truths. The Sermon of the Middle Path. The Sermon 6 th Century BCE The Buddha’s First Sermon “Setting in Motion the Wheel of Law”

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noble truths

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  1. The non-doing of any evil,the performance of what's skillful,the cleansing of one's own mind:this is the teaching of the Awakened. • - The Buddha 4 noble truths

  2. The Sermon of the Middle Path • The Sermon • 6th Century BCE • The Buddha’s First Sermon • “Setting in Motion the Wheel of Law” • The Middle Path • Avoid self-indulgence • Avoid self-denial • The Four Noble Truths 4 noble truths

  3. Now, monks, this is the Noble Truth as to sorrow. Earthly existence itself is sorrowful. Decay is sorrowful. Disease, death, union with the unpleasing, separation from the pleasing is sorrowful; the wish which cannot be fulfilled is sorrowful; in brief, the desirous, transient individuality is sorrowful [VP/MV, 10, i, 6:19]. The First Truth - Dukkha Addresses the nature of suffering and its predisposition in the human condition. • Dukkha • Dukkha means “Suffering or Sorrow” • Dukkha is a raging fire • States of Dukkha • Birth is Sorrow • Death is Sorrow • Union with the Unpleasing is Sorrow • Separation from what we long for is Sorrow • The wish that cannot be fulfilled is Sorrow 4 noble truths

  4. Again, monks, this is the Noble Truth as to the origin of sorrow; it is the recurring greed, associated with enjoyment and desire and seeking pleasure everywhere which is the cause of this sorrow. In other words, it is the greed for sense pleasure, greed for individual existence, greed for non-existence [VP/MV, 10, i, 6:20]. The Second Truth – Sorrow’s Cause Addresses the reasons for suffering in human beings. Implies that humans are imperfect and therefore will suffer. • Tanha – Greed in multiple forms • Kama Tanha • Craving for sense pleasure such as sex and food. • Bhava Tanha • Craving for possessive self existence. Attachment to the self. • Vibhava Tanha • Craving for non-existence for which multiple interpretations exist – • non-possesive life/asceticism vs. property and wealth. 4 noble truths

  5. This, monks, is the Noble Truth of the cessation of suffering: It is the complete cessation (nirodho), giving up (cago), abandoning (patinissaggo) of greed; it is release (mutti) and detachment (annalayo) from greed [VP/MV, 10, i, 6:21]. The Third Truth – Cessation Put forth the idea that humans have control of their suffering and can therefore free themselves from it. • Nirvana -Liberation recognized in this life. A maturing of the human mind. • Liberation from Sorrow • Destruction of Greed • Enlightenment 4 noble truths

  6. The Fourth Truth – Eightfold Path Set in place a path that all humans can follow in order to achieve Nirvana • Cultivate Panna (Wisdom) • Right Belief -understanding the truth about the universality of suffering and knowing the path to its extinction • Right Aspiration -a mind free of ill will, sensuous desire and cruelty 4 noble truths

  7. The Fourth Truth – Eightfold Path Set in place a path that all humans can follow in order to achieve Nirvana • Cultivate Sila (Ethical Behavior) • Right Speech - abstaining from lying, harsh language and gossip • Right Conduct -avoiding killing, stealing and unlawful sexual intercourse • Right Livelihood -avoiding any occupation that brings harm directly or indirectly to any other living being 4 noble truths

  8. The Fourth Truth – Eightfold Path Set in place a path that all humans can follow in order to achieve Nirvana • Cultivate Samadhi (Mental Discipline) • Right Endeavor- avoiding unwholesome and evil things • Right Mindfulness- awareness in contemplation • Right Meditation- concentration that ultimately reaches the level of a trance 4 noble truths

  9. Sources Antony Fernando with Leonard Swidler, Buddhism made plain - An Introduction for Christians and Jews, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Press 1985 Access to Insight – Readings in Theraveda Buddhism http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/sacca.html Tamara Engel, The Four Noble Truths http://www.nyimc.org/articles/truths.htm 4 noble truths

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