Four Noble Truths

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Buddhism is a religion where you find peace within oneself. This religion helps people find happiness and inner peace by meditation. Buddha believers develops most of their learning from the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths are the truth of suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and the path that leads to end of suffering. The first noble truth is the truth of suffering. In the text, “Rahula, What the Buddha Taught”, the truth of suffering is just letting the Buddha believers know that life is nothing but pain and suffering. In the text, the Pali word dukkha also means pain, suffrage, and sorrow. But the term dukkha as the first noble truth embodies the Buddha understanding of life. The word dukkha has a deeper …show more content…

This truth teaches that the cause of a person’s suffering is desire, and greed. We as people always try to make our flesh satisfied instead of making our inner self happy. The Buddha calls this desire unwise. We try to fill protected and safe. We also worry about what people think and say and get irritated when something goes wrong instead of only wondering along. The third noble truth is the truth of the end of suffering. This truth is that there is a way to freedom from suffering. This truth is sometimes called the Cessation of dukkha. To become free of dukkha. One has to find a cure for that thirsting feeling. These truths is like a doctor exam. First the problem, then the cause of the problem, and last the solution or cure. Buddha teaches that freedom comes from the elimination of the main root. Which means through hardworking and practice, the root can be pulled up and killed. The last noble truth that Buddha teaches is the truth of the path to the end of suffering. This path is known as the “Middle Path”, as stated in the article. This path is almost like an action path. Buddha spent most of his life teaching these noble truths. This path is eight general areas of practice and concentration that helps a believer in every part of their life. In a simpler form the eight paths shows a believer how to study and have moral behavior from day to day. The path shows a believer how to act as of being free from suffering

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