Four Noble Truths
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We are usually taught that the Four Noble Truths are Buddhism’s starting point – a compact diagnosis of the human condition outlining dissatisfaction/suffering (dukkha), its causes (samudaya), its cessation (nirodha), and the path forward (magga). But I am not interested in defending their metaphysical status or rehearsing old doctrinal explanations. What matters to me is how they…
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Whether you look upon Buddhism as a religion or as a way of life underpinned by a philosophy – which is my way – you will probably take the ‘Four Noble Truths’ and the ‘Noble Eightfold Path’ as the foundations of your practice. By way of analogy, the Noble Truths are often presented as the medical diagnosis of an…
