Buddhist Ideas and Metaphors
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4 Noble Truths
(1) life is suffering
(2) origins
(3) cessation
(4) The path to the cessation of suffering
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4TH NOBLE TRUTH – the path
• The 8-fold path = the THREE DISCIPLINES
– ethics
– meditation
– wisdom
• RIGHT VIEW = INSIGHT INTO THE THREE MARKS OF
EXISTENCE
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THE THREE MARKS
1. IMPERMANENCE
2. NO-SOUL (ANATMAN; ANATTA)
3. SUFFERING (DUKKHA)
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Reincarnation with non-self?!?!?
“…suffering is caused by negative actions, which
in turn are cause by desire and hatred, which
are themselves caused by ignorance….” (743)
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The “Middle Way”
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Almost there….
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The “other shore” is….?
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Pop Quiz
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