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The Human Condition

Explore the foundational teachings of Buddhism with the Four Noble Truths, revealed in the Buddha's first sermon. Learn about Dukkha as unsatisfactoriness and Samudaya as the root of suffering through craving. Discover the path to Nirodha (cessation) and Magga (Eightfold Path) for liberation from suffering.

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The Human Condition

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  1. The Human Condition The Four Noble Truths – Part One

  2. The Four Noble Truths • 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 that something is ‘wrong’ – Dukkha • The diagnosis of 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’ • Idea that suffering is everywhere all the time – even if we think we are happy! • Caused by failure to understand anicca

  4. 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 • You want relationships to always be good, you want to never be ill, you always want money and possessions thinking they’ll make you happy forever, etc. • This is also a link with the Three Mental Poisons (or Three Fires): Greed, Hatred and Ignorance • All this craving makes you suffer: tanha causes dukkha • This is the Second Noble Truth of Samudaya • See Dhammapada 334-342 (Cravings)

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