Chapter 3 - The Four Noble Truths Flashcards
1
Q
Four Noble Truths
A
- suffering
- origin
- cessation
- path
2
Q
explain:
Cessation
3rd Noble Truth
2
A
- refraining from doing very things that make us suffer
- belief: healing is possible
if cessation were impossible, what would be the point of practice?
3
Q
explain:
Path
4th Noble Truth
2
A
- Noble Eightfold Path
- That path we most need!
4
Q
explain:
Suffering
1st Noble Truth
3
A
- experienced by all to some extent
- malaise in body and mind
- we must acknowledge its presence and touch it
5
Q
explain:
Origin
2nd Noble Truth
2
A
- need to look deeply into it and see how it came to be
- need to recognise spiritual and material foods ingested that are causing suffering
6
Q
Noble Eightfold Path
A
- Right View
- Right Thinking
- Right Speech
- Right Action
- Right Livelihood
- Right Diligence
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Concentration
