1: This and such is Suffering!
Suffering
is of three kinds:
a: Obvious suffering,
which is any bodily
pain, and any mental
sadness.
b: Suffering due to
change includes also
pleasant feeling as
this indeed also
becomes quite disappointing,
when it inevitably changes,
fades, and vanishes.
c: Suffering due to
construction is all
that is conditioned,
since all this thus
later inevitably will
fall apart. This also
includes any object,
which induces a
neutral feeling. This
1st Noble Truth,
that points out that
all worldly things
ultimately speaking
is Suffering, has to
be fully understood
in all aspects...
2: Craving is
the Cause of Suffering!
Craving is of three
kinds:
a: Craving for sensing forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and mental states.
b: Craving for becoming.
(ex: May I become rich,
attractive, young, famous,
etc.)
c: Craving for non-becoming
(ex: May I neither become
sick, nor old, nor
dead!)
This
Second Noble Truth
on the Cause of Suffering
has to be eliminated...
3: Absence of Craving
is therefore the End
of Suffering!
a: Not craving for any
sense stimuli, or contact
of any kind...
b: Not craving for any
kind of re-becoming
as this, or that in
any future...
c: Not craving any non-becoming,
but accepting all ills
that inevitably come...
This
3rd Noble Truth
on the End of Suffering
has to be accomplished!
4: The Noble 8-Fold Way is the Method to End
Suffering!
Which
Noble 8-fold Way
has to be developed
in order to end all
suffering?
1:
Right View
(sammā-ditthi)
2:
Right Motivation
(sammā-sankappa)
3:
Right Speech
(sammā-vācā)
4:
Right Action
(sammā-kammanta)
5:
Right Livelihood
(sammā-ājīva)
6:
Right Effort
(sammā-vāyāma)
7:
Right Awareness
(sammā-sati)
8;
Right
Concentration
(sammā-samādhi)
This
Fourth Noble Truth
on the Way to End Suffering
has to be developed!
More on these quintessential
Four Noble Truths
(Ariya-Sacca):
The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering,
The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering,
The_3rd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Ceasing_of_Suffering,
The_4th_Noble_Truth_on_The_Way_to_Cease_Suffering,