Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 , " Bhikkhu Samahita " <bhikkhu.samahita wrote: Friends: These Four Noble Truths are the very Core of Buddhism... 1: This is Suffering! Suffering is of three kinds: a: Obvious suffering, which is any painful bodily feeling & any miserable mental feeling. b: Suffering due to change includes also pleasant feeling as this indeed becomes quite disappointing, when it, as it always do, changes, fades, goes away and finally vanishes. c: Suffering due to construction is all that is conditioned and which thus later falls apart. This also includes any object which induces a neutral neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. This first Noble Truth of Suffering have to be fully understood in all aspects... 2: This Craving is the Cause of Suffering! a: Craving for sensing various things. (Nice form, sound, smell, taste, touch, & mental state.) b: Craving for becoming of various states. (ex: May I become rich, forever young, famous!) c: Craving for non-becoming of various states. (ex: May I not die, not become sick & old!) This Second Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering have to be overcome & eliminated... 3: Absence of Craving is the End of Suffering! a: Not craving any sensing as these fleeting stimuli are seen as gross & vanishing anyway ... b: Not craving for any form of becoming as all states - even divine - change & decay anyway... c: Not craving any non-becoming, but accepting what have to come (ex: ageing, sickness, death).... This Third Noble Truth on the End of Suffering have to be made real & ever present... 4: The Noble 8-Fold Way is the Method to End Suffering! Which Noble Eight-fold Way has to be developed in order to end all suffering? Right View (samma-ditthi) Right Motivation (samma-sankappa) Right Speech (samma-vaca) Right Action (samma-kammanta) Right Livelihood (samma-ajiva) Right Effort (samma-vayama) Right Awareness (samma-sati) Right Concentration (samma-samadhi) This Fourth Noble Truth on the Way to End Suffering has to be initiated and fully completed. --- ----------- PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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