We continue with a passage from the first teaching of the Buddha, this time about the second Noble Truth, the cause of unsatisfaction (SN 56:11): “Now this, bhikkhus, is the…
In his first teaching the Buddha says (SN 56:11): “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering;…
The common core of all Buddhist schools is derived from the Four Noble Truths and dependent origination. The four Noble Truths are: 1. The truth of unsatisfactoriness 2. The truth…