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- Facing Pain Straight On… He’s saying that we’re not skilled in the four noble truths, not skilled in seeing things in terms of four noble truths, we’re not skilled in performing the duties or tasks that are appropriate for the four noble truths. So the insights come in the same way that you gain insights as you’re mastering a skill. Bit by bit. You …
- Skills of the Dhamma Wheel… It’s got twelve spokes, which symbolize one of the passages in the sutta where the Buddha goes through the four noble truths and the three types of knowledge for each truth: knowing the truth, knowing the duty appropriate to that truth, and then knowing that you’ve completed that duty. Four truths, three levels of knowledge, three times four is twelve: That’s …
- Always Observe Your Mind… Everything the Buddha teaches us, as he says, is contained in the four noble truths. The message of the four noble truths is again and again and again: The causes for suffering are in the mind. The path to the end of suffering starts in the mind, and starts with right view. So the Buddha keeps pointing you back: Observe your mind. Observe your …
- Truths Noble in the Heart… Where are the four nobles truths right now? At the very least, where is the stress? Where is the cause? What are you doing to develop the factors that are going to help put an end to the cause? So every morning, when you wake up, ask yourself: Where are the four noble truths right now? And what are you doing with regard to …
- The Noble Truth of Suffering… thesis—in which the author was saying the Buddha defines *dukkha *as the five aggregates, and the five aggregates are basically what you experience, which means that the four noble truths are not about suffering, they’re about experience. Another scholar said that the way the Buddha names the four noble truths is ungrammatical. And because the Buddha would speak only in standard grammatical …
- The Truth of Perceptions… And for some reason the Buddha didn’t call the four noble truths “the four noble truths.” He called them “the four,” because the word “noble,” of course, is just advertisement—that was what the author said. Basically, according to this person, the Buddha was telling each of us that we should find our own truth, and he was just giving suggestions. When you …
- You’re Doing Something Wrong… This connects with the basic message of the four noble truths, one that people often miss: The four noble truths are basically saying you’re doing something wrong. The fact that you’re suffering, the fact that you’re not an arahant, means you’re doing something wrong. And a good place to start to check where you’re doing something wrong is with …
- Body & Mind from Within… looking at things in terms of the four noble truths and their duties, because ignorance is defined as ignorance of the four noble truths. It’s important to note that the word for ignorance, avijjā, doesn’t mean just not knowing. It’s the opposite of vijjā, which means knowledge, but* vijjā* also means skill, so avijjā means lack of skill. We have a …
- Appropriate Attention, Appropriate Intention… That gives you the four noble truths; and each of those truths carries a duty. You try to comprehend suffering. In other words, sit with it long enough to watch it and figure out what really is the suffering here. He boils it down to the five clinging-aggregates, which is not an immediately clear or obvious way of explaining it. To see it …
- The Three Perceptions as Tools… In other words, we’re applying these perceptions in the context of the four noble truths and their duties. It’s important to remember this context. When we do, we understand what these perceptions are for and can get the best use out of them. On their own, the perceptions could lead us to think or do just about anything. We could focus on …
- Your Judgments Matter… The second was the four noble truths: suffering, its origination, its cessation, and the path to its cessation. These teachings have two important features in common. And it’s good to think about these features because they form the foundation for everything else the Buddha taught. They provide the context. One of the features is that they present dichotomies: the distinction between skillful and …
- The Buddha’s Filters… That’s the four noble truths along with their duties. When a situation comes up that requires reflected thought, the first reflection should be, “Where is the suffering here? What’s causing it? And what can I do to put an end to it by attacking the cause?” Try to comprehend the suffering, abandon its cause, and develop the path so that you can …
- The Intelligence of Restraint… So it’s important that we learn to see restraint as a form of intelligence, especially when it’s informed by the four noble truths. That way, you can exercise restraint without any concern about what other people might think, because you know what you’re doing. This afternoon, I was talking about the famous encounter that Ajaan Mun had with Somdet Mahawirawong, the …
- Mindful to Be Skillful… The other’s the four noble truths. These are the teachings you want to keep in mind at all times. When the Buddha talks about right mindfulness, he talks about being mindful of the body, feelings, mind states, and mental qualities in and of themselves. But there’s more to it than just that. You’re mindful, which means that you keep these things …
- What You Sense Directly… You have some place in the back of the mind where you know a little bit about the four noble truths: that dukkha—stress, pain, suffering—is something you do through your clinging. And the reason you cling is because you crave. But that craving can be put an end to, by developing the path. So you’ve got unskillful causes, the different kinds …
- An Auspicious Birth… The term “duty,” here, relates to the four noble truths, and their duties were the Buddha’s purpose in the teaching the four noble truths: that you have different duties depending on what’s arising. If there’s suffering, the duty is to comprehend it. If there’s craving or clinging, the duty is to let it go. As for the cessation of suffering …
- Gaining the Dhamma Eye… The purpose of the four noble truths is to focus us in that direction, to get us there. But more is required than just knowing the four noble truths. The Buddha said there are four qualities that help get you to that first taste of awakening. The first is associating with good people, admirable people, because the people we associate with really do have …
- Awaken to Your Potentials… He mentions the four noble truths. The three characteristics have to do with the way things are. The four noble truths have to do with potentials — what potentials those things have. As the Buddha said, there is a potential for a path to the end of suffering even in those aggregates that are inconstant, stressful, not self. You can put them together in such …
- Freedom through Restraint… They’re the duties of the four noble truths: to comprehend the suffering, to abandon the cause, to realize the cessation of suffering by developing the path. So, in line with those duties, we’re trying to develop the path and to abandon everything that’s going to get in the way of the path. You’ve got to keep these duties foremost in …
- Protection in all Directions… It’s the basis for the four noble truths. Some people say there’s no connection between the teachings on karma and the four noble truths, but how can that be? The four noble truths are about actions and their results. There are certain actions in the mind that lead to suffering; there are certain actions in the mind that lead away from suffering …
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