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Living (The Four Noble Truths (Nirvana (In Theravada there are two…
Living
The Four Noble Truths
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The truths are set out like this:
There is a problem with life
The causes of the problem
The fact that the problem can be overcome
The way to overcome the problem
The problem is question and suffering
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Samudaya (truth)
The truth that the origin of suffering is craving (Tanha is the Pali word for craving, Tanha is not the the truth)
It is one of the 12 nidanas and is an attempt to grasp at things we enjoy and not wanting them to change
The more people grasp, the more they suffer
Nirodha
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The point at which all craving ends is nirvana, it means extinguishing i.e. of the three poisons
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Magga
The 'Path' leads to cessation of suffering, the 'Path' refers to the Noble Eightfold Path
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Buddhism is the journey to nirvana, the Noble Eightfold Path, it is something to be done rather than believed
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Nirvana
Beyond descriptions, 79th and 80th dilemmas of King Milinda (Buddhist text from 100 BCE)
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The Buddha said Nirvana is beyond space and time, language is inadequate to describe it
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Meditation
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The god of meditation is to be right here, fully conscious and aware
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History
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The Buddha did not invent meditation he did introduce significant modifications after they didn't offer a permanent solution to Dukkha (suffering)
Samatha/Calming Meditation #
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4 types of loving feeling, known as the Brahma-vihates or 'God-lie states' as they resemble the sort of unconditional love attributed to God
Metla/loving kindness
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Often begins with loving oneself then extending the feeling out to friends, mutuals then enemies
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Mudita/sympathetic joy
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Can be harder than karuna, which can contain elements of condescending pity
Upekkha/evenmindedness
Loving all beings equally, unconditionally
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