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'''Four Noble Truths''' - ''pakpé denpa shyi'' [Tib., [[wyl.]] 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi], at the first turning of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after attaining [[enlightenment]], [[Buddha]] taught the Four Noble Truths. They are:- | '''Four Noble Truths''' - ''pakpé denpa shyi'' [Tib., [[wyl.]] '' 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi''], at the first turning of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after attaining [[enlightenment]], [[Buddha]] taught the Four Noble Truths. They are:- | ||
*the truth of [[suffering]], which is to be understood, | *the truth of [[suffering]], which is to be understood, | ||
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Four Noble Truths - pakpé denpa shyi [Tib., wyl. 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi], at the first turning of the wheel of the Dharma after attaining enlightenment, Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths. They are:-
- the truth of suffering, which is to be understood,
- the truth of the origin of suffering, which is to be abandoned,
- the truth of cessation, which is to be actualized, and
- the truth of the path, which is to be relied upon.
Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths
Suffering
1. Suffering
2. Impermanence
3. Emptiness
4. Selflessness
Origination
5. Cause
6. Origination
7. Intense Arising
8. Condition
Cessation
9. Peace
10. Cessation
11. Perfection
12. True Deliverance
Path
13. Path
14. Appropriate
15. Effective
16. Truly Delivering
Further Reading
- Ringu Tulku, Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism, Snow Lion, 2005