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The Four Noble Truths

• By Mrs Pang-Han Ah Yew

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General

• Foundation of Buddhas teaching associated with
  so-called being
• Doctrine is homo-centric vs theo-centric
  religions
• Introvert not extrovert
• Do not and cannot change with time eternal
  truths
• Original With regard to things unheard before,
  there arose in me the eye, the knowledge, the
  wisdom, the insight and the light
• Called Ariya Saccani discovered by the
  greatest Ariya (far removed from passions)

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Four Noble Truths

• Suffering (dukkha ariya sacca)
• Cause of suffering
• (dukkha samudaya ariya sacca)
• 3. Cessation of suffering
• (dukkha nirodha ariya sacca)
• 4. Path leading to the cessation of suffering
  (dukkha nirodha gamini patipada ariya sacca)

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First Noble TruthSuffering (dukkha ariya
sacca) 1

• Dukkhathat which difficult to endure
• Ducomtemtible khaemptiness
• Birth is suffering
• Decay is suffering
• Disease is suffering
• Death is suffering
• United with the unpleasant is suffering
• Separated from the pleasant is suffering
• Not getting desires is suffering Wish
  unfulfilled is suffering
• In brief, the 5 aggregates of attachment is
  suffering

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First Noble TruthSuffering (dukkha ariya sacca)
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• Deals with the constituents of self
  (individuality different phases of life)
• Analysed
• Scrutinised
• Examined
• ?a proper understanding of self

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Five Aggregatespancapadanakkhanda

• Individual is composed of 5 phycho-physical
  parts
• Matter (rupa)
• Feeling (vedana)
• Perception (sanna) -2 ) mind 52
• Mental states (samkhara) -50 ) cetasikas
• Consciousness (vinnana)

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Second Cause of suffering (dukkha
samudaya ariya sacca)

• Deals with past, present future births
  implied kamma deals with mental attitude of
  ordinary man towards external objects of sense
• Craving produces rebirth (ponobhavika)
  accompanied by passionate clinging, welcoming
  life
• Craving for sensual pleasures (kamatanha)
• Craving for existence (bhavatanha)
• Craving for non-existence (vibhavatanha)

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Third Noble Truth Truth of Cessation of
suffering (dukkha nirodha ariya sacca)

• Concerned with a powerful source latent in us all
  craving, causing ills of life
• Complete separation from, destruction of
  craving
• Its forsaking
• Renunciation of attachment to external world
• Realised by developing Noble Eightfold Path -
  liberation therefrom ? nibbana
• Non-attachment thereto

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Fourth Noble truthPath leading to the
cessation of suffering (dukkha nirodha gamini
patipada ariya sacca)

• The Noble Eightfold Path
• Purely mental
• Blessings
• Absolute purity
• complete deliverance from all repeated births
• mind released from all passions
• immortality