Guest guest Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 The First Noble Truth is the truth of suffering. No matter what we do, as long as we remain in this human condition, there will be suffering. Buddist sutras describe suffering in many ways. 1.We can divide them depending if they originate on the outside or the inside as: - External: suffering that seems to come from the outside, car accidents, someone took your wallet, the car keeps breaking down. - Internal: fear, physical pain, anxiety, anger, jealosy, ... 2. We can look at the "quality" - inherent: is the suffering that comes just from being alive, you need to take care of your body, need to work, move the weight of yor body, ... - latent: this one is there even in the "happiest" of times, we are in a party, but we are thinking of the next payment for your new car. Your son is surfing great, but you worry he can get hurt, ... - active: this one comes from being trap in a world of constan desilusion, we have little or no control of our lives. 3. The 8 sufferings is a more detailed description of what all sentient beings need to go trough. - birth: after many months in our mothers woumbs, we are forced to come out, anything can happen now, we become "prisoners" in our own body. - old age: even if we are not killed or die of sickness at a young age, we still have to see our bodies grow old, and decay. - illness: we all get sick at sometime in our lives, it can bring great suffering. - death: even if we have a "perfect" live, we all must die, we must at sometime leave our loved ones, and our lives. - love: we suffer because we do not feel loved or because the person we love does not return the love. - hate: we sometimes suffer because we hate, or someone sems to hate us, or simply, not accept us the way we we want to be. - desire: unfulfilled desire always bring suffering. Our lust determines a lot of what we are. - the 5 skandhas: form, sensation, perception, activity, and consciousness. They are building blocks of all our perseptions, and therefore the gates to all suffering. Basic causes of suffering (not in order); - the self not being in harmony with our desires - the self not being in harmony because of an unfocused mind - the self not being in harmony with our intelectual views - the self not being in harmony with the material world - the self not being in harmony with other people - the self not being in harmony with our body - the self not being in harmony with nature - using a MicroSoft Operating System (I added this one =) The second Noble Truth: The origins of all suffering are greed, anger and ignorance. The third Noble Truth: The cessation of suffering can not be described by language, is beyond greed, ignorance, and anger. Is beyond all duality and all distinctions of right and wrong, good or bad, life or death. The fourth Noble Truth: The way to the cessation of suffering is the way that shows us how to overcome the causes of suffering. The eightfold Path (very similar to Yama and Niyama, the "straight and narrow path"). ------- InI Gives thanks to the all the Buddhas, and Master Hsing Yun, for their kind words of wisdom. Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha, rastanaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Interesting information. Thanks. About the 2nd noble truth--It seems that fear might really be the origin of suffering since without fear being present -- greed, anger and ignorance would not have a leg to stand on. Namaste, April --- "rasozai <rasozai" <rasozai wrote: > The First Noble Truth is the truth of suffering. No > matter what we do, > as long as we remain in this human condition, there > will be suffering. > > Buddist sutras describe suffering in many ways. > > 1.We can divide them depending if they originate on > the > outside or the inside as: > > - External: suffering that seems to come from the > outside, > car accidents, someone took your wallet, the car > keeps > breaking down. > - Internal: fear, physical pain, anxiety, anger, > jealosy, ... > > 2. We can look at the "quality" > > - inherent: is the suffering that comes just from > being alive, > you need to take care of your body, need to work, > move the > weight of yor body, ... > - latent: this one is there even in the "happiest" > of times, > we are in a party, but we are thinking of the > next payment > for your new car. Your son is surfing great, but > you worry > he can get hurt, ... > - active: this one comes from being trap in a world > of constan > desilusion, we have little or no control of our > lives. > > 3. The 8 sufferings is a more detailed description > of what all > sentient beings need to go trough. > > - birth: after many months in our mothers woumbs, > we are forced to > come out, anything can happen now, we become > "prisoners" in our > own body. > - old age: even if we are not killed or die of > sickness at a young > age, we still have to see our bodies grow old, > and decay. > - illness: we all get sick at sometime in our > lives, it can bring > great suffering. > - death: even if we have a "perfect" live, we all > must die, > we must at sometime leave our loved ones, and our > lives. > - love: we suffer because we do not feel loved or > because the > person we love does not return the love. > - hate: we sometimes suffer because we hate, or > someone sems > to hate us, or simply, not accept us the way we > we want to be. > - desire: unfulfilled desire always bring > suffering. Our lust > determines a lot of what we are. > - the 5 skandhas: form, sensation, perception, > activity, and > consciousness. They are building blocks of all > our perseptions, > and therefore the gates to all suffering. > > Basic causes of suffering (not in order); > > - the self not being in harmony with our desires > - the self not being in harmony because of an > unfocused mind > - the self not being in harmony with our > intelectual views > - the self not being in harmony with the material > world > - the self not being in harmony with other people > - the self not being in harmony with our body > - the self not being in harmony with nature > - using a MicroSoft Operating System (I added this > one =) > > The second Noble Truth: > > The origins of all suffering are greed, anger and > ignorance. > > The third Noble Truth: > > The cessation of suffering can not be described by > language, is > beyond greed, ignorance, and anger. Is beyond all > duality and all > distinctions of right and wrong, good or bad, life > or death. > > The fourth Noble Truth: > > The way to the cessation of suffering is the way > that shows us how to > overcome the causes of suffering. The eightfold Path > (very similar to > Yama and Niyama, the "straight and narrow path"). > > ------- > > InI Gives thanks to the all the Buddhas, and Master > Hsing Yun, for > their kind words of wisdom. > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha, > rastanaga > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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