the third noble truth

• The Third Noble Truth


  Nirodha
• Nirodha

  There is an end to suffering. The end of greed, ignorance and hatred. When ignorance and craving are replaced with knowledge and fulfilment.
• Nibbana

  A state of complete enlightenment, happiness and peace.
• Nibbana with remainder


  When a Buddhist reaches nibbana during their life but their physical body remains on earth (they are alive).
• Nibbana without remainder


  When a Buddhist reaches nibbana on death, they escape the cycle of samsara.
• Meditation

  Calming the mind and focusing thoughts. Developing understanding.
• The Buddha in the Samyutta Nikaya - Nirodha


  "... the noble truth of the cessation of suffering... is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving."The Buddha in the Samyutta Nikaya, vol 5, p 421
• Samsara


  The endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth.
• Bodhi

  Enlightenment. Awakening. A state of knowing.
• A Buddha


  Someone who has woken up to the truth of existence. Is enlightened.
• Traits of one who has achieved Nibbana


  Completely free of the three poisons, knows the truth, knows the causes of suffering, behaves according to the five moral precepts, lives in harmony with the four noble truths.
• Five Moral Precepts

  Five principles that Buddhists try to follow to live ethically and morally.