Dukkha is identified as the first of the Four Noble Truths.

The Anapanasati Sutta and Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta each affirm that a person first needs to practice meditation ( jnana ) to purify the mind of the five hindrances to insight before contemplating the Four Noble Truths, which begin with the nature of " dukkha " in life.

It appears in the first of the Four Noble Truths and as one of the Three Characteristics of Existence.

The Four Noble Truths deal with the nature of " dukkha " in life, what is the cause of " dukkha ", the cessation ( cure ) for " dukkha ", and the techniques to bring about the cessation of " dukkha ".

Dharma is also used to refer to the direct teachings of the Buddha, especially the discourses on the fundamental principles ( such as the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path ), as opposed to the parables and to the poems.

The Four Noble Truths ( Sanskrit: catvāri āryasatyāni ; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni ) are one of the central teachings of the Buddhist tradition.

The teachings on the Four Noble Truths explain the nature of dukkha ( Pali ; loosely translated as suffering, anxiety, dissatisfaction ), its causes, and how it can be overcome.

The Four Noble Truths are regarded as central to the teachings of Buddhism ; they are said to provide a unifying theme, or conceptual framework, for all of Buddhist thought.

: The heart of the Buddha's teaching lies in the Four Noble Truths ( Cattāri Ariyasaccāni ) which he expounded in his very first sermon to his old colleagues, the five ascetics, at Isipatana ( modern Sarnath ) near Benares.

If we study the Four Noble Truths with the help of these references and explanations, we get a fairly good and accurate account of the essential teachings of the Buddha according to the original texts.

Representation of the Four Noble Truths.

This understanding is reflected by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, who states that the Four Noble Truths are best understood not as beliefs, but as categories of experience.

The text of the Lotus Sutra refers to the Four Noble Truths as the first teaching of the Buddha, but introduces, in the third chapter titled Similes and Parables, what it calls " the most wonderful and unsurpassed great Dharma ":

Based on the Lotus Sutra's teaching of what it describes as the " unsurpassed Dharma ", Nichiren Buddhism acknowledges the Four Noble Truths as the first sermon, but not as the final teaching of the Buddha.

In his letter " A Comparison between the Lotus and Other Sutras " Nichiren viewed the Four Noble Truths as a specific teaching expounded by the Buddha to the śrāvakas disciples, those who attain awakening by listening to the teachings of a Buddha.

Craving, described as the cause of sufferings in the Four Noble Truths, is called " Attachment to Earthly Desires " in Nichiren's teachings.

With the growing acquaintance in the western world with Buddhism, new interpretations and understandings of the Four Noble Truths have been given.

The translation given by David Brazier gives a different interpretation to the Four Noble Truths.

Mark Epstein relates the Four Noble Truths to primary narcissism as described by Donald Winnicott in his theory on the True self and false self.

Gudo Wafu Nishijima uses his theory of Three philosophies and one reality to explain his interpretation of the Four Noble Truths.

* Four Noble Truths and the medical model

The Four Noble Truths.

The Four Noble Truths.

( An explanation of how to apply the Four Noble Truths to daily life )

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