Four Nobel truths

• what is dukkha


  acceptance that all life is impermanent and imperfect and leads to suffering
• what does dominique side say about dukkha


  she describes it as the diagnosis and through the acceptance of it you can understand suffering, diagnosis and reach ENLIGHTENMENT
• what does rinpoche say about dukkha


  'the first step in a spiritual life is to look closely and honestly at our experience of life and to see that there is suffering.
• What is Samudaya?


  - identifies the cause of suffering/dukkha as craving. this craving comes from the three poisons (greed, hatred and delusion)

  - craving is constant cycle to achieve something which is unattainable
• what does rinpoche say about samudaya

  'craving arises for sense experience, for "being" or "becoming" and aoiding the unpleasant - theese cravings are the root cause of suffering
• what is magga


  follow the code given in the eight foldpath in order to achieve true happiness and end suffering
• what did bondhi say about magga


  'magga gives rise to vision, gives rise to knowledge and leads to peace to direct knowledge to enlightenment to nirvana
• what is nirodha


  - its described as a place of nothingness when a person is one with the word

  - also known as the cure

  - links to buddhas last teaching of "kill the buddha" meaning to achieve itself is a desire
• desribe the nirodha candle analoogy


  the candle analogy theory is that everyone has a job to remove as much bad karmic fruit from before they can pass it to the next person and its each persons responsibility to extinguish as much of the candle as possible and the fire represents the good karma burning out the bad wax karma
• how can suffering be ended


  suffering can be ended by overcoming craving and becoming detached
• what does the dhammapada 1:2 say about nirodha

  'if one speaks or acts with pure mind, happiness follows them like a shadow that never leaves them
• what are the four noble truths

  Dukkha, magga, Samudaya, Nirodha
• What are the three cravings

  -Greed

  -Hatred

  -Delusion