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The Goals

The Goals. The Four Noble Truths – Part Two. The Four Noble Truths - Reminder. These are the basis of all Buddhist teaching These were alluded to in the Buddha’s first sermon (The Sermon at Benares) Buddhists use a doctor analogy to explain them:

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The Goals

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  1. The Goals The Four Noble Truths – Part Two

  2. The Four Noble Truths - Reminder • These are the basis of all Buddhist teaching • These were alluded to in the Buddha’s first sermon (The Sermon at Benares) • Buddhists use a doctor analogy to explain them: • The Buddha is the doctor who makes the diagnosis – Dukkha • The cause of the illness is craving (tanha) – Samudaya • There is a cure, it is to achieve nibbana – Nirodha • The prescription is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path - Magga

  3. The First Noble Truth - Dukkha • Also one of the Three Universal Truths / Marks of Existence • Means ‘unsatisfactoriness’ • Caused by failure to understand anicca Second Noble Truth - Samudaya • The cause of dukkha (the actual illness) is tanha (craving) • Because you do not understand anicca, you crave permanence and possessions • All this craving makes you suffer: tanha causes dukkha

  4. The Third Noble Truth - Nirodha • There is a way to cure the illness of dukkha • The way to be cured forever is to achieve enlightenment (nibbana) • This is the ULTIMATE GOAL of all Buddhists • Nibbana is not a place, but a state of mind • Difficult to describe – must experience it to understand fully (fish and turtle story) • Enlightened beings are outwith the realm of cause and effect, so are not reborn when they die • See ‘What the Buddha Taught’ and ‘QKM’

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