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Philosophy 312: Oriental Philosophy Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths Abstract: Buddha's fundamental understanding of life is summarized. I. At the end of his six-year quest and the so-called 49 days of enlightenment, Buddha gave his first insights:
The subject of this first sermon in the forest was the declaration of his key insights in propositional form. A. The Four Noble Truths: his deepest and most considered reflections about life.
b. A better translation of dukkha is dislocation or hindrance (literally, "out of joint, not together"). c. Buddha specifies six occasions when life's dislocation is evident to anyone, rich or poor:
(2) the pathology of sickness (3) the morbidity of decrepitude (4) the phobia of death (5) to be tied to what one hates (6) to be separated from what one loves
b. Tanha is excessive concern with self.
Where is the person who would scrifice his loved ones for the sake of ending world hunger? 4. Fourth Noble Truth: The program offering specific steps to overcome tanha are given as the Eightfold Path.
II. Basically, there are two different courses in life:
Check your understanding with a Quiz on The Four Noble Truths.
Access to Insight, "The
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