Unit 7: Buddhism - Four Noble Truths
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State of Suffering
* To live is to suffer
* From birth to death, we experience physical and emotional pain
* Examples:
* Being around people we don’t like
* Being apart from loved ones
* From birth to death, we experience physical and emotional pain
* Examples:
* Being around people we don’t like
* Being apart from loved ones
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Cause of Suffering
* Suffering is caused by desire, greed, ignorance, and attachment.
* We can adapt to physical pain, but unfulfilled longings and cravings (greed) make our suffering deep
* Everybody has basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) and when those needs are met, we should enjoy them
* We can adapt to physical pain, but unfulfilled longings and cravings (greed) make our suffering deep
* Everybody has basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) and when those needs are met, we should enjoy them
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End of suffering
* The goal of Buddhism is to remove suffering
* One must live a more natural and peaceful life
* Reaching Nirvana is possible only when the urge to possess more is destroyed
* if we stop the things that cause us to desire, then suffering will stop
* Taming desires requires great discipline
* One must live a more natural and peaceful life
* Reaching Nirvana is possible only when the urge to possess more is destroyed
* if we stop the things that cause us to desire, then suffering will stop
* Taming desires requires great discipline
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Path out of suffering
To end suffering, one must adopt the Middle Way by following the Noble Eightfold Path. The result is achieving enlightenment, unending peace, and freedom from all desire.