Four Noble Truths

Question 1

What is the purpose of the four noble truths?

Answer 1

The four noble truths show why we suffer and how we can overcome suffering, shows dukkha as a part of our existence why we have dukkha - what we can do about dukka and how we escape dukka

Question 2

Where did the Buddha first teach the four noble truths ?

Answer 2

. Turning the wheel of the Dhamma
The Buddhas first sermon = - four noble truths considered to be one of the Buddhas first if not the first teaching.

Question 3

How did the Buddha come too understand the four noble truths.

Answer 3

Under the Bodhi tree - he mediated for serval weeks without moving and reached enlightenment finally understand suffering and how to accept it and escape from it indefinitely.

Question 4

What is the doctor analogy ?

Answer 4

This an analogy in which the Buddha is often described with :
diagnosis and cause - first and second noble truths realised and understand suffering (diagnosis), and Understand its cause
Realisation of the possibility of a cure - in the 3rd noble truth
And the 4th noble truth set out noble eightfold path of how we can escape dukka - THE CURE

Question 5

What are the four noble truths?

Answer 5

1. Dukkha - suffering
2. Samudaya - the origin of suffering
3. Nirodha - cessation or possibility of being liberated from suffering.
4. Magga - path to cessation of suffering

Question 6

1st NT - What is dukkha ?

Answer 6

Dukkha is essentially suffering in the broadest sense - dukkha is a fact of life only way to escape is enlightenment
The 2nd mark of existence.

Question 7

What are the three types of dukkha?

Answer 7

1. Dukkha dukkha
2. Viparama dukkha
3. Samkamara dukkha

Question 8

What is dukkha dukkha ?

Answer 8

Ordinary physical suffering - illness pain death wanting desires we can not have - seeing other suffering - this kind of suffering is everywhere.

Question 9

What is viparimna dukkha?

Answer 9

The suffering that comes from impermanence and with pleasant things ending - from an inability to escape change - we as humans cling to pleasant situations when they end

Question 10

What is sankhara dukkha ?

Answer 10

Suffering that comes from dissatisfaction with life itself - and the limits of being human - pointlessness of life and death

Question 11

Who outlined these 3 kinda of suffering?

Answer 11

Denise cush

Question 12

Quote about suffering from the Buddha :

Answer 12

“Birth is suffering sickness is suffering aging is suffering”

Question 13

How did the Buddha realise dukkha ?

Answer 13

Four passing sights - treating significant had a profound effect on the Buddha he came to believe that life is impermanent and chacterised by suffering

Question 14

Buddha key quote - “ i teach suffering …

Answer 14

“ I teach suffering , its origin cessation and path, that’s all i teach”

Question 15

2nd noble truth - What is Samudaya ?

Answer 15

Samudaya is the second noble truth - it is the truth of the origin of suffering

Question 16

What is the origin of suffering ?

Answer 16

Craving and hatred, it is clinging to the impermanent conditioned world (samsara) - the Buddha taught all root of suffering is craving.

Question 17

Samudaya - Root of suffering is ..

Answer 17

Samaudaya - root of all suffering is craving

Question 18

What are the three types of craving ?

Answer 18

Kama tanha
Bharat tanha
Vibhava tanha

Question 19

1st type of craving?

Answer 19

Kama tanha

Question 20

2nd type of craving ?

Answer 20

Bhahva tanha

Question 21

3rd type of craving ?

Answer 21

Vibhavna tanha

Question 22

What is Kama tanha ?

Answer 22

Kama tanha is the craving for bodily and sensual pleasures

Question 23

What is Bhava Tanha ?

Answer 23

Craving to have or to be e.g to have a lot of money or to be famous and powerful

Question 24

What is vibhava tanha ?

Answer 24

This is craving to not have or not be - e.g wanting to have no pain or to avoid all discomfort

Question 25

What did the Buddha teach more about samudaya ?

Answer 25

The fire sermon

Question 26

What did the Buddha say about samydaya ?

Answer 26

“Burning with the fire of lust with the fire of hate with the fire of delusion”

Question 27

What are the Three poisons ?

Answer 27

Ignorance greed and hate

Question 28

What Is the 3rd noble truth ?

Answer 28

Nirodha

Question 29

What is nirodha ?

Answer 29

The cessation of suffering - the possibility of being liberated from suffering - stopping all tanha will stop or lesson suffering end of rebirth cycle and breaking out of samsara

Question 30

Nirodha - how is this liberation achieved ?

Answer 30

When a Buddhist extinguishes the fires of greed hate and ignorance - therefore ending craving the cause of suffering meaning that suffering will stop . Free the mind of thoughts of permanence and want

Question 31

Two stands of Buddhism that have different views on nirodha ?

Answer 31

. Theravada . Mayahana Buddhists

Question 32

2 Theravada veiws of nirodha ?

Answer 32

1. Only true escape is Nirvana as its the closest living people can come to escaping suffering however we still have our body so haven’t escaped entirely 2. When we die we reach pari - nivarda we are not reborn into samsara - totally escape suffering

Question 33

2 Mahayana veiws of nirodha ?

Answer 33

1. They dont follow four noble truths - instead belive in emptiness follow heart suttra 2. Suffering is part of conditioned existence so it therefore has a cause so is therefore empty

Question 34

What is the forth noble truth ?

Answer 34

Magga

Question 35

What is Magga ?

Answer 35

The path to the cessation of suffering - practical path that is the middle way - follow noble eightfold path

Question 36

When and how can Magga be followed ?

Answer 36

When - Once the person has accepted Buddhas teaching and the first 3 noble truths How - person must do this in their own way they must not cling to Magga

Question 37

Magga raft analogy ?

Answer 37

Magga is like a raft - a person must not cling to it and choose to stay of the raft - magga is nearly the raft that helps with crossing the sea of samsara to nirvana

Question 38

What is the noble eightfold path and why is it sometimes called threefold way ?

Answer 38

8 precepts/guidelines that must be followed to reach nirvana - that can be divided in to three sections

Question 39

What are the three seconds that 8 fold path can be split in to ?

Answer 39

Wisdom Ethics Mediation

Question 40

Wisdom?

Answer 40

Right view and intention

Question 41

Ethics ?

Answer 41

Right speech action and lively hood

Question 42

Meditation ?

Answer 42

Right effort mindfulness and concentration

Question 43

Name all 8 concepts from eightfold path -

Answer 43

1. Right action 2. Right intention 3. Right speech 4. Right action 5. Right livelihood 6. Right effort 7. Right mindfulness 8. Right concentration

Question 44

Evaluation - Are the four noble truths to negative ? YES

Answer 44

1. Dukkha only focuses on suffering of life that is not all the is to life 2. Accepting suffering may be dangerous- stops people acting to stop suffering or helping those suffering 3. Nirodha - desires make us happy

Question 45

Evaluation - Are the four noble truths to negative ? NO

Answer 45

1. Realistic not negative - inventible why deny it or pretend it’s not their leads to more suffering - they r positive as they offer a solution rather tan denial 2. Dukkha doesn’t mean not helping - Buddha helped a sick monk

Question 46

Are the four noble truths the most important Buddhist teaching ? 3 YES points

Answer 46

YES - especially for Theravada Buddhists . Contain the essence of Buddhas teachings + discovered by Buddha while enlightenment search . Amount first teachings given to the 5 aesthetics during first sermon so of high importance and seen by many to be the first Buddhist teaching . Core of buddhisum teaches about how to escape samsara and suffering of this world + allows Buddhists to have complete understand as to why they need to meditate be mindful and reflect

Question 47

Are the four noble truths the most important Buddhist teaching ? 3 NO points

Answer 47

. More important teachings e.g the three marks of existence - more important than the four noble truths for recognising humanity + Mahayana Buddhists four noble truths Enhance other teachings e.g compassion . Eightfold path - pathway to overcoming suffering aka the raft and key rules to enlightenment . Mediation more practical after all how did Buddha reach enlightenment- sat under bohdi tree for 7 weeks.