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'''Four Noble Truths''' (Skt. ''catvāryāryasatyā''; Tib. ''pakpé denpa shyi''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi'') — as the [[Three turnings|first turning]] of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after attaining [[enlightenment]], [[Buddha]] taught the Four Noble Truths. They are: | '''Four Noble Truths''' (Skt. ''catvāryāryasatyā''; Tib. ''pakpé denpa shyi''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi'') — as the [[Three turnings|first turning]] of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after attaining [[enlightenment]], [[Buddha]] taught the Four Noble Truths. They are: | ||
*the truth of [[suffering]] | *the truth of [[suffering]] (Skt. ''duḥkha-satya'') which is to be understood, | ||
*the truth of the [[origin]] of suffering, which is to be abandoned, | *the truth of the [[origin]] of suffering (Skt. ''samudaya-satya''), which is to be abandoned, | ||
*the truth of [[cessation]], which is to be actualized, and | *the truth of [[cessation]] (Skt. ''nirodha-satya''), which is to be actualized, and | ||
*the truth of the [[path]], which is to be relied upon. | *the truth of the [[path]] (Skt. ''mārga-satya''), which is to be relied upon. | ||
==Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths== | ==Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths== | ||
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Four Noble Truths (Skt. catvāryāryasatyā; Tib. pakpé denpa shyi; Wyl. 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi) — as the first turning of the wheel of the Dharma after attaining enlightenment, Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths. They are:
- the truth of suffering (Skt. duḥkha-satya) which is to be understood,
- the truth of the origin of suffering (Skt. samudaya-satya), which is to be abandoned,
- the truth of cessation (Skt. nirodha-satya), which is to be actualized, and
- the truth of the path (Skt. mārga-satya), which is to be relied upon.
Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths
Suffering
1. Suffering (Skt. duḥkha; Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་བ་)
2. Impermanence (Skt. anitya; Tib. མི་རྟག་པ་)
3. Emptiness (Skt. śūnyatā; Tib. སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་)
4. Selflessness (Skt. anātmaka; Tib. བདག་མེད་པ་)
Origination
5. Cause (Skt. hetu; Tib. རྒྱུ་)
6. Origination (Skt.samudaya; Tib. ཀུན་འབྱུང་)
7. Intense Arising (Skt. prabhava; Tib. རབ་སྐྱེ་)
8. Condition (Skt. pratyaya; Tib. རྐྱེན་)
Cessation
9. Peace (Skt. śānta; Tib. ཞི་བ་)
10. Cessation (Skt. nirodha; Tib. འགོག་པ་)
11. Perfection (Skt. praṇīta; Tib. གྱ་ནོམ་པ་)
12. True Deliverance (Skt. niḥsaraṇa; Tib. ངེས་འབྱུང་, Wyl. nges 'byung)
Path
13. Path (Skt. mārga; Tib. ལམ་)
14. Appropriate (Skt. nyāya; Tib. རིགས་པ་)
15. Effective (Skt. pratipatti; Tib. སྒྲུབ་པ་)
16. Truly Delivering (Skt. nairyāṇika; Tib. ངེས་འབྱིན་)
Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, Gateway to Knowledge, VOL II (Hong Kong, Boudhanath & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000).
- Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), pages 67-84 & 'Appendix 3'.
- Ringu Tulku, Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism, Snow Lion, 2005