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LESSON 46 FOUR HOLY TRUTHS 02 10 2010 FREE ONLINE eNālandā Research and Practice UNIVERSITY -There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. - Buddha-EDUCATE (BUDDHA)! MEDITATE (DHAMMA)! ORGANISE (SANGHA)!-WISDOM IS POWER-Anyone Can Attain Ultimate Bliss Just Visit:http://sarvajan.ambedkar.org-GOOD GOVERNANCE-Hon’ble Chief Minister greets people on Gandhi Jayanti-Government to firmly deal with elements trying to disturb law and order in State-Central Government should ensure strict implementation of Hon’ble High Court’s decision given in Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid case
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LESSON  46  FOUR HOLY TRUTHS 02 10 2010 FREE ONLINE eNālandā Research and Practice UNIVERSITY

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. - Buddha

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§  Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , Indian scholar, philosopher and architect of Constitution of India, in his writing and speeches

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The Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths

Statue of BuddhaStatue of Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE, Afghanistan ©

“I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That’s all I teach”, declared the Buddha 2500 years ago.

The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. It was these four principles that the Buddha came to understand during his meditation under the bodhi tree.

  1. The truth of suffering (Dukkha)
  2. The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya)
  3. The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha)
  4. The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga)

The Buddha is often compared to a physician. In the first two Noble Truths he diagnosed the problem (suffering) and identified its cause. The third Noble Truth is the realisation that there is a cure.

The fourth Noble Truth, in which the Buddha set out the Eightfold Path, is the prescription, the way to achieve a release from suffering.

 

The First Noble Truth

Suffering (Dukkha)

Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death.

But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to live up to our expectations.

Human beings are subject to desires and cravings, but even when we are able to satisfy these desires, the satisfaction is only temporary. Pleasure does not last; or if it does, it becomes monotonous.

Even when we are not suffering from outward causes like illness or bereavement, we are unfulfilled, unsatisfied. This is the truth of suffering.

Some people who encounter this teaching may find it pessimistic. Buddhists find it neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic. Fortunately the Buddha’s teachings do not end with suffering; rather, they go on to tell us what we can do about it and how to end it.

The Second Noble Truth

Origin of suffering (Samudāya)

Our day-to-day troubles may seem to have easily identifiable causes: thirst, pain from an injury, sadness from the loss of a loved one. In the second of his Noble Truths, though, the Buddha claimed to have found the cause of all suffering - and it is much more deeply rooted than our immediate worries.

The Buddha taught that the root of all suffering is desire, tanhā. This comes in three forms, which he described as the Three Roots of Evil, or the Three Fires, or the Three Poisons.

A bird, a snake and a pig shown rushing around in a circle, each holding the tail of the next in its mouth.The Three Fires of hate, greed and ignorance, shown in a circle, each reinforcing the others. Photo: Falk Kienas ©

The three roots of evil

These are the three ultimate causes of suffering:

Language note: Tanhā is a term in Pali, the language of the Buddhist scriptures, that specifically means craving or misplaced desire. Buddhists recognise that there can be positive desires, such as desire for enlightenment and good wishes for others. A neutral term for such desires is chanda.

The Fire Sermon

The Buddha taught more about suffering in the Fire Sermon, delivered to a thousand bhikkus (Buddhist monks).

Bhikkhus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning?

The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning, also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact for its indispensable condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of lust, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion. I say it is burning with birth, aging and death, with sorrows, with lamentations, with pains, with griefs, with despairs.

The Fire Sermon (SN 35:28), translation by N̄anamoli Thera. © 1981 Buddhist Publication Society, used with permission

The Buddha went on to say the same of the other four senses, and the mind, showing that attachment to positive, negative and neutral sensations and thoughts is the cause of suffering.

The Third Noble Truth

Cessation of suffering (Nirodha)

The Buddha taught that the way to extinguish desire, which causes suffering, is to liberate oneself from attachment.

This is the third Noble Truth - the possibility of liberation.

The Buddha was a living example that this is possible in a human lifetime.

Bhikkhus, when a noble follower who has heard (the truth) sees thus, he finds estrangement in the eye, finds estrangement in forms, finds estrangement in eye-consciousness, finds estrangement in eye-contact, and whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful- nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact for its indispensable condition, in that too he finds estrangement.

The Fire Sermon (SN 35:28), translation by N̄anamoli Thera. © 1981 Buddhist Publication Society, used with permission

“Estrangement” here means disenchantment: a Buddhist aims to know sense conditions clearly as they are without becoming enchanted or misled by them.

Gold-coloured statue of the Buddha, a serene expression on his faceBuddha. Photo: Paul Boulding ©

Nirvana

Nirvana means extinguishing. Attaining nirvana - reaching enlightenment - means extinguishing the three fires of greed, delusion and hatred.

Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears.

Someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with compassion for all living things.

When he finds estrangement, passion fades out. With the fading of passion, he is liberated. When liberated, there is knowledge that he is liberated. He understands: ‘Birth is exhausted, the holy life has been lived out, what can be done is done, of this there is no more beyond.’

The Fire Sermon (SN 35:28), translation by N̄anamoli Thera. © 1981 Buddhist Publication Society, used with permission

After death an enlightened person is liberated from the cycle of rebirth, but Buddhism gives no definite answers as to what happens next.

The Buddha discouraged his followers from asking too many questions about nirvana. He wanted them to concentrate on the task at hand, which was freeing themselves from the cycle of suffering. Asking questions is like quibbling with the doctor who is trying to save your life

The Fourth Noble Truth

Path to the cessation of suffering (Magga)

The final Noble Truth is the Buddha’s prescription for the end of suffering. This is a set of principles called the Eightfold Path.

The Eightfold Path is also called the Middle Way: it avoids both indulgence and severe asceticism, neither of which the Buddha had found helpful in his search for enlightenment.

Golden eight-spoked wheel symbolThe wheel of the Dharma, the symbol of the Eightfold Path ©

The eight divisions

The eight stages are not to be taken in order, but rather support and reinforce each other:

  1. Right Understanding - Sammā ditthi
    • Accepting Buddhist teachings. (The Buddha never intended his followers to believe his teachings blindly, but to practise them and judge for themselves whether they were true.)
  2. Right Intention - Sammā san̄kappa
    • A commitment to cultivate the right attitudes.
  3. Right Speech - Sammā vācā
    • Speaking truthfully, avoiding slander, gossip and abusive speech.
  4. Right Action - Sammā kammanta
    • Behaving peacefully and harmoniously; refraining from stealing, killing and overindulgence in sensual pleasure.
  5. Right Livelihood - Sammā ājīva
    • Avoiding making a living in ways that cause harm, such as exploiting people or killing animals, or trading in intoxicants or weapons.
  6. Right Effort - Sammā vāyāma
    • Cultivating positive states of mind; freeing oneself from evil and unwholesome states and preventing them arising in future.
  7. Right Mindfulness - Sammā sati
    • Developing awareness of the body, sensations, feelings and states of mind.
  8. Right Concentration - Sammā samādhi
    • Developing the mental focus necessary for this awareness.

The eight stages can be grouped into Wisdom (right understanding and intention), Ethical Conduct (right speech, action and livelihood) and Meditation (right effort, mindfulness and concentration).

The Buddha described the Eightfold Path as a means to enlightenment, like a raft for crossing a river. Once one has reached the opposite shore, one no longer needs the raft and can leave it behind.

GOOD GOVERNANCE

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Hon

ble Chief Minister greets people on Gandhi Jayanti

Lucknow: 01 October 2010

The Hon

ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms.

Mayawati ji has greeted the people of the State on the

occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

In a greeting message, Ms. Mayawati ji said that

Gandhi ji played a historic role in providing Independence to

India through the principle of non-violence, owing to which

the people of the country would always remember him with

great respect. She said the principle of non-violence has

become more relevant and important to face the challenge of

terrorism, which endangered the world peace.

The Hon

ble Chief Minister said that the philosophy and

thoughts of Gandhi ji to make villages self reliant is also

relevant today.

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Government to firmly deal with elements trying to disturb law and order in State

Central Government should ensure strict implementation of Hon

ble High Courts decision given in Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid case

Lucknow: 01 October 2010

The Hon

ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati ji

has demanded from the Central Government strict implementation

and compliance of the order passed by the Lucknow Bench of the

Allahabad High Court in the Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid case. The

decision was delivered by the Hon

ble Bench here yesterday. She said

that in the light of the decision, the Central Government should make

serious efforts to maintain status quo at the disputed site in Ayodhya

for a period of three months.

Hon

ble Chief Minister ji was addressing media persons at her

official residence here today. She said that if any new activity took

place at the disputed site because of the laxity on the part of Central

Government in this sensitive issue and the law and order in U.P. as

well as all over the country was disturbed, then the Central

Government would be fully responsible for it. She vigorously

appealed the Central Government to take the matter seriously and

keep strict vigil on the disputed site through various agencies.

Ms. Mayawati ji drawing attention towards the decision given

by the Hon

ble High Court, said that about 67 acres of land around

the disputed Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid site had been acquired

by the Central Government under

The Acquisition of Certain Area at

Ayodhya Act 1993

and presently this entire piece of land was being

managed, administered and protected by the same. Therefore, this

disputed site and its adjoining land was under the control of Central

Government. She said that this act had also been challenged at the

Hon

ble Supreme Court. In this regard, the Supreme Court had

passed an order regarding the Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid dispute

and the acquisition of the disputed site in the writ filed by Ismail

Farooki on 24 October 1994, in which the Hon

ble Supreme Court had

directed that the disputed site would be managed, administered and

protected by the Central Government.

The Hon

ble Chief Minister ji said that the Honble Supreme

Court, through this decision, had also directed that whatever decision

was given in the pending cases, the Central Government would be

responsible for the implementation and it would be binding on it to

ensure their implementation and the same would take any necessary

action required in this regard, viz. according to the decision of the

Supreme Court, the Central Government was fully responsible for the

implementation of the order passed by the Hon

ble High Court

yesterday.

Ms. Mayawati ji said that the verdict given by Hon

ble High

Court is not final, because according to media reports Sunni Waqf

Board and Hindu Mahasabha had announced to challenge the verdict

of Hon

ble High Court on the day of decision. Keeping this in view,she

had directed all police and administrative officers that law and order

situation should be monitored strictly on this issue and they should

remain alert.

Hon

ble Chief Minister has again appealed to the people of the

State to maintain communal harmony and peace. She said that her

Government would deal strictly with those persons who would

indulge in disturbing law and order. She assured the people of all

religions, especially Muslim community that they should not feel any

anxiety regarding their security. Her Government is committed to

protect the life and security of people of all religions without any

discrimination, she added.

Hon

ble Chief Minister has expressed the hope that people of all

religions would keep patience and calm in future also maintaining the

same attitude and approach regarding Ayodhya issue. She said that

people of all religions should avoid provocation by anybody and keep

their complete faith in law maintaining the reputation of Indian

Constitution at all costs.

Ms. Mayawati ji said that media has also played its impartial

role with patience and understanding on this most sensitive issue in

the entire country, which helped all Governments in maintaining the

law and order and peace in the country including Uttar Pradesh. She

expressed her gratitude towards the media, on behalf of her party

and government and hoped that the country would get the same

cooperation from the media in future also.

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