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To all my Buddhist brother and sisters answer this for me?
The First Noble Truth says there is suffering and misery in life.
The Second Noble Truth says the cause of suffering and misery is DESIRE.
The Third Noble Truth says suffering and misery can be removed by removing DESIRE.
The Fourth Noble Truth says to remove DESIRE you need to follow the Eight Fold Path.
To follow Eight Fold Path you need to have DESIRE and to remove DESIRE you need Eight Fold Path.
So the teaching says that in order to remove DESIRE which is the cause of suffering and misery. You have to continuously have a DESIRE.
No Buddhist can answer this so far. Some only used the word understand to explain it.
Did you know that some Buddhist try to argue that you need understanding to remove DESIRE instead of the Eight Fold Path?
If you say understanding then that means you are not following the teaching of Buddha. Buddha said to remove DESIRE you got to follow the Eight Fold Path.
So if anyone can correct me please do. To all the Buddhist brothers and sisters.
What part did I twist?
Please correct me.
The website you gave me it all shows understanding aswell. Its not the Four Noble Truth..
Please give your Four Noble Truth. Because it seems that some invent there own Four Noble Truth instead of following Buddha.
The Green Fairy.
The Eight Fold Path doesn't teach you DESIRE, but you are following it so you can remove your DESIRE.
So reason for Eight Fold Path is because? You have DESIRE and you need it removed.
If you DONT have DESIRES then you dont need to follow Eight Fold Path.
But Four Noble Path says to remove DESIRE you must follow Eight Fold Path.
4 Answers
- ?Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
The 4 Noble Truths are
1.Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness (dukkha) in one way or another.
2.Suffering is caused by craving. This is often expressed as a deluded clinging to a certain sense of existence, to selfhood, or to the things or phenomena that we consider the cause of happiness or unhappiness. Craving also has its negative aspect, i.e. one craves that a certain state of affairs not exist.
3.Suffering ends when craving ends. This is achieved by eliminating delusion, thereby reaching a liberated state of Enlightenment (bodhi);
4.Reaching this liberated state is achieved by following the path laid out by the Buddha.
This is the Eight Fold Path
Prajñā is the wisdom that purifies the mind, allowing it to attain spiritual insight into the true nature of all things. It includes:
1.dṛṣṭi (ditthi): viewing reality as it is, not just as it appears to be.
2.saṃkalpa (sankappa): intention of renunciation, freedom and harmlessness.
Śīla is the ethics or morality, or abstention from unwholesome deeds. It includes:
3.vāc (vāca): speaking in a truthful and non-hurtful way
4.karman (kammanta): acting in a non-harmful way
5.ājīvana (ājīva): a non-harmful livelihood
Samādhi is the mental discipline required to develop mastery over one’s own mind. This is done through the practice of various contemplative and meditative practices, and includes:
6.vyāyāma (vāyāma): making an effort to improve
7.smṛti (sati): awareness to see things for what they are with clear consciousness, being aware of the present reality within oneself, without any craving or aversion
8.samādhi (samādhi): correct meditation or concentration, explained as the first four jhānas
There is nothing in the Eight Fold Path that teaches that you must desire. Only that you must commit to living an ethical life, making an effort to improve, not harming people, etc.
Source(s): I am a Buddhist. - Christian MLv 61 decade ago
We seek to understand with words but when we understand the words fall away. Understanding cannot then be passed on through words. Steps are not the destination but steps lead to the destination. When the destination is reached the steps are left behind. What need is there to take another step? We have to take the steps but we don't have to 'go' anywhere to arrive at the destination. Though we struggle to understand, understanding does not require struggle. Good luck.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
you kind of twisted it up a bit to suit your own argument.
this is something i found. i don't have time to read the whole thing but i skimmed over it and it might be what you are looking for.
Source(s): http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble12.htm here's something better. see noble truth number four http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html