Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 After his enlightenment or awakening (bodi), under the pipal three in Gaya ca 525 BC, Gautama went to the deer-park in Benares, and preached his enlightenment through the 4 noble truths: - Everything is suffering - The cause of our suffering is our covet and our clinging to transient things - There exists a Nirvana, the end of suffering - There exists a way, preached by the Buddha, which leads to Nirvana Birth is suffering. Degenerattion is suffering. Disease is suffering. Death is suffering. The same applies to sorrow and want.. To be bound to things we dislike and to be separated from things we like, that is also suffering. To not attain what one not desires, that is also suffering. In short, this body, this five-fold congregation based on climbing, that is suffering. (Samyutta Nikaya, 421) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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