Post by funnel101 on Oct 31, 2009 14:27:50 GMT -4
Thought I'd start a conversation about Buddhism.
The foundation of Buddhism is The Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path (copied from Wikipedia because my hands are hurting):
1. The Nature of Suffering (Dukkha): "This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering."
2. Suffering's Origin (Samudaya): "This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there, that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for extermination."
3. Suffering's Cessation (Nirodha): "This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it."
4. The Way (Magga) Leading to the Cessation of Suffering: "This is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is the Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration."
Notice that the Fourth Noble Truth contains the Noble Eightfold Path. The basic idea is that by relinquishing attachments to things that must change (life, self, love, objects, etc.), one will no longer suffer and will reach enlightenment.
In laymen's terms:
1. "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
2. That the cause of suffering is attachment
3. That suffering can end
4. That the way to end suffering is by seeing things how they really are and behaving accordingly
Questions? ;D
The foundation of Buddhism is The Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path (copied from Wikipedia because my hands are hurting):
1. The Nature of Suffering (Dukkha): "This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering."
2. Suffering's Origin (Samudaya): "This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there, that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for extermination."
3. Suffering's Cessation (Nirodha): "This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it."
4. The Way (Magga) Leading to the Cessation of Suffering: "This is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is the Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration."
Notice that the Fourth Noble Truth contains the Noble Eightfold Path. The basic idea is that by relinquishing attachments to things that must change (life, self, love, objects, etc.), one will no longer suffer and will reach enlightenment.
In laymen's terms:
1. "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
2. That the cause of suffering is attachment
3. That suffering can end
4. That the way to end suffering is by seeing things how they really are and behaving accordingly
Questions? ;D