4 noble truths

First Noble Truth

Dukkha

Second Noble Truth

Samudaya

Third Noble Truth

Nirodha

Fourth Noble Truth

Magga

What is meant by Dukka-Dukkha?

Suffering as pain experience (physical and emotional)

What is meant by Viparinama-Dukkha?

Suffering of change

What is meant by Sankhara-Dukkha?

All pervasive suffering of conditioning (pain from living and 5 lakshanas)

What is meant by samudaya?

The arising of dukkha

What is samudaya?

The idea that everything has a cause

Samudaya - Tanha

Cause of dukkha is tanha (attachment)

What realm is the samudaya noble truth depicted as on the wheel of life?

The hungry ghost realm

What is meant by craving for sensual pleasures (type on tanha)?

Experiences initiated by senses

What is meant by craving for existence (type of tanha)?

Desire for individuality

What is meant by craving for existence (type of tanha)?

Divorcing self from anything that is not a wholesome experience

What is meant by Nirodha?

Freedom from suffering and continuity of dukkha

What does it mean if you are released from dukkha?

You will no longer experience psychological pain, but you will still experience physical pain

What is nirodha?

The eradication of negatives which are forms of grasping

When does the wheel of samsara stop turning?

During the stage of nirodha

What is meant by Magga?

The way leading to the cessation of dukkha

What does Magga avoid?

The two extremes

What is the first extreme?

The search of happiness through pleasure of senses

What is the second extreme?

The search of happiness through self-mortification

What does Narada Thera say about tanha? - 2nd noble truth

“A powerful mental force latent in all”

What does Walpola Rahula claim about tanha? - 2nd noble truth

“Is not the first or only cause of the arising of Dukkha but it is the most individual case”

What does Samyutta Sutta say about the 3rd Noble truth?

“The stopping of becoming is nirvana and is called this because it is getting rid of craving”

What does Harvey refer to Nirvana as? 3rd noble truth

“A radically transformed state of consciousness”