the beliefs and values expressed and the impact on personal and collective identity

Question 1

The 4 Noble Truths provide the answer to?

Answer 1

the cause of suffering and evil

Question 2

what is the 1st noble truth?

Answer 2

‘life is dukkha’

Question 3

what is ‘life is dukkha’?

Answer 3

. life is full of pain, suffering and unhappiness (Pain of birth, sickness, old age, death)

Question 4

what does the 1st noble truth represent?

Answer 4

the point of resignation to the facts of life

Question 5

what is 2nd noble truth?

Answer 5

‘life is tanha’

Question 6

what does the 2nd one address?

Answer 6

the 1st NT

life is full of seeking pleasure which explains ‘dukkha’

Question 7

what does 2nd NT state life is full of?

Answer 7

is full of suffering from pain because people everywhere are striving for happiness that this life cannot offer.

Question 8

what do ppl strive for according to 2nd NT?

Answer 8

for happiness in the material things in life. So, people strive to be what they cannot be, to have what they cannot have

Question 9

what leads to 3rd NT?

Answer 9

Humanity has the power to change ‘dukkha’

Question 10

what is 3rd NT?

Answer 10

is to overcome the first two NTs

Question 11

what does 3rd Nt believe?

Answer 11

in a world of constant pain, we cannot expect to find pleasure. If we overcome the craving for pleasure, we will find peace

Question 12

what is 4th NT?

Answer 12

that to overcome ‘tanha’ one must follow the Eightfold Path, which represents the practical way for people to overcome unhappiness in this life.

Question 13

Eightfold Path: 1?

Answer 13

Right views; always think positive, think good things.

Question 14

Eightfold Path: 2?

Answer 14

Right resolve; always intend to be good and positive

Question 15

Eightfold Path: 3?

Answer 15

Right speech; always speak only of the good and positive, don’t lie or swear

Question 16

Eightfold Path: 4?

Answer 16

Right conduct; always act/behave in a positive way, don’t kill, steal, booze, etc.

Question 17

Eightfold Path: 5?

Answer 17

Right Livelihood; always work at/toward what is good and positive, don’t demean others by drug dealing, human trafficking, etc

Question 18

Eightfold Path: 6?

Answer 18

Right efforts; always direct your energies at what is good and positive

Question 19

Eightfold Path: 7?

Answer 19

Right mindfulness; always set your mind to the good and positive

Question 20

Eightfold Path: 8?

Answer 20

Right connection; only contemplating/think about the good and positive, meditate through yoga to reach Nirvanna

Question 21

hence, what is eightfold path?

Answer 21

a set of stepping stones for reaching Nirvana. One leads to the other

Question 22

what does the eightfold path believe?

Answer 22

Think the right thoughts leads to the right intentions, and speech, conduct etc will follow

Question 23

The Eightfold Path is the Buddhist’s way of

Answer 23

of achieving total moral self-control.

Question 24

Eightfold Path aims to put what away?

Answer 24

That the ‘self’ – the object of selfishness and self-seeking pleasure – is put away.

Question 25

what does 4 NT and Eightfold path offer?

Answer 25

offer meaning, purpose and identity for both the individual and the collective

Question 26

impact on individual?

Answer 26

the help to explain what life is all about and how to respond to challenges

Question 27

impact on collective?

Answer 27

they become the glue that holds the group together