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The Four Noble Truths Flashcards

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What is the first noble truth?

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That there is suffering

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How many aspects does each truth have?

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Describe the first aspect of the first noble truth

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To admit it’s existence

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Describe the second aspect of the first noble truth

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To know that suffering should be understood, or carefully analyzed

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In what language is the Buddhist text written in?

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Pali

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What is the Pali word for suffering?

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Dukkha

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What is the third aspect of the first noble truth?

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Suffering or the unsatisfactoriness of the world is known.

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What is one of the first insights you glean on the pondering of Dukkha?

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That we all suffer

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What is the difference between the four noble truths and mainstream religion?

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The for noble truths provide objective reflection that cannot be denied by anybody while religion provides a metaphysical absolute ideal that may or may not be true, except that your belief makes it true.

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The first noble truth, can it be an absolute statement?

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No, because the fourth noble truth provides a vehicle for escaping or minimizing it.

You cannot have absolute suffering
and then have a way out of it, can you?

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What is the exact meaning of Dukkha?

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The Pali word, dukkha, means “incapable of satisfying” or
“not able to bear or withstand anything”: always changing,
incapable of truly fulfilling us or making us happy.

Life as we know it to be through the aggregates of the body cannot and will not bring happiness but an increased endeavor to seek more of it which can never be the case since we are physically limited.

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What would happen if it were actually possible to find complete satisfaction in this material world?

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The
sensual world is like that, a vibration in nature. It would, in
fact, be terrible if we did find satisfaction in the sensory
world because then we wouldn’t search beyond it; we’d just
be bound to it

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Why is sufferings existence validated without saying my or his or hers?

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Because suffering is suffering whether experienced by me or you.

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What is so impactful about the concept of Dukkha?

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  • that we all experience it no matter our status in life, therefore making it easier to express compassion.
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In some cases suffering is inevitable, describe the suffering that follows

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Something happens which may last a minute or longer, we end up suffering the rest of our life because of our thoughts on it.

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What is the general consensus on the experience of life and how the four noble truths challenge this premise.

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  • the general consensus about life is that life is enjoyed through our experience with the outside world.
  • the Buddhist approach is the opposite.
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17
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What is grasping?

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Grasping is wanting to hold on to something we like; wanting to get rid of something we don’t like; or wanting to get something we don’t have.

Things are as they are, so we can recognise and
appreciate them in their changing forms without grasping

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18
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What is the process of insight?

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The process of insight is the going to dukkha,
looking at dukkha, admitting dukkha, recognising dukkha in
all its forms.

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In the process of recognizing suffering what must be done for this suffering to be understood?

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It’s really important to make this resolution to go where the
suffering is and then abide with it. It is only by examining
and confronting suffering in this way that one can hope to
have the tremendous insight: ‘This suffering has been
understood.

20
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What must you do when faced with suffering?

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Whenever you feel suffering, first make the
recognition: ‘There is suffering’, then: ‘It should be under-stood’, and finally: ‘It has been understood’. This under-standing of dukkha is the insight into the First Noble Truth.

21
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What is the second noble truth?

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craving for sensual desires, craving for being, craving for non-being.

22
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What is the second noble truth with its three aspects?

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The Second Noble Truth with its three aspects is: ‘There is
the origin of suffering, which is attachment to desire. Desire should be let go of. Desire has been let go of.’

23
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What is the statement of the second noble truth?

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the origin of suffering is attachment to desire.

24
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How many types of desire are there?

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There are three

25
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What is kama Tanha?

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wanting sense pleasures through the body or
the other senses and always seeking things to excite or please
your senses.

26
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What is bhava tanha?

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the desire to become.

27
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What is vibhava tanha?

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the desire to get rid of things.

28
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What is the second insight into the Second Noble Truth

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Desire
should be let go of.

29
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What is important to remember when contemplating the second noble truth?

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The
Second Noble Truth is not that. It is not about identifying
with desires in any way; it’s about recognising desire.

30
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What is the connection between desire and grasping?

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Desire has power over us and deludes
us only as long as we grasp it, believe in it and react to it.

31
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What is suffering?

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It is the grasping of desire that is suffering

32
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What is ñanadassana?

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This is what we call insight knowledge. In Pali,
we call it ñanadassana or profound understanding.

33
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What insight is there regarding non-attachment?

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It is just a matter of practising letting go. The
more you begin to see how to do it, then the more you are
able to sustain the state of non-attachment.

34
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What is the third insight of the second noble truth?

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Then, through
the actual practice and understanding of what letting go really
is, we have the third insight into the Second Noble Truth,
which is: ‘Desire has been let go of.’

35
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What is the aim of the Buddhist teachings?

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The whole aim of the Buddhist teaching is to develop the
reflective mind in order to let go of delusions.

36
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Sense pleasures are all mortal pleasures. What was the insight regarding this?

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Whatever we see,
hear, touch, taste, think or feel is mortal — death-bound.

37
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What is nirodha?

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The cessation of desire.

38
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What is grasping?

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Grasping is wanting to hold on to something we like; wanting to get rid of something we don’t like; or wanting to get something we don’t have.

39
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Explain the third aspect of the first noble truth

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It is only by examining
and confronting suffering in this way that one can hope to
have the tremendous insight: ‘This suffering has been
understood.’

40
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What is the origin of suffering?

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The origin of suffering is attachment to desire.

41
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What is the second noble truth and its name in Pali?

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Samudaya:”The Arising of Dukkha”

42
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What is the third noble truth and the word for it in Pali?

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Nirodha: ‘The cessation of Dukkha’

43
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What is the fourth noble truth?

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Magga: ‘the Path’
The noble eightfold Path

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