BUDDHISM

4 NOBLE TRUTHS

• 1. Life is filled with suffering
• 2. The cause of suffering is desire
• 3. To cease suffering, one must cease desiring
• 4. The path to the end of suffering is the noble eight fold path

LIFE IS FILLED WITH SUFFERING

• All life is impermanent
• Anatma: "no soul"

THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING IS DESIRE

• People constantly want something
• Believing the self to be real is the fundamental
• Cause of suffering

TO CEASE SUFFERING ONE MUST CEASE DESIRING

• Everything is suffering, impermanent, and incomplete
• The only thing permanent and real is the end of suffering
• Nirvana is the extinction of suffering

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NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH

• Right understanding: one sees things as they really are
• Right thought: replacing wrong thoughts with right thoughts
• Right speech: speak truthfully and kindly about others
• Right conduct: no cheating, stealing, ect.
• Right livelihood: to not earn a living through harming living things

NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH

• Right effort: get rid of delusional thoughts, cultivate wholesome thougths
• Right mindfulness: knowing ones self being aware of thoughts and actions
• Right concentration: enables a person to see things as they really are
• --> enlightenment
• Morality, meditation, and wisdom

THREE JEWELS

• Sangha
• Buddha
• Dharma

THREE JEWELS

• I take refuge in the Buddha
• I take refuge in the Dharma
• I take refuge in the Sangha

5 STEPS TO A GOOD LIFE

• God is number one
• Physical and mental health (take care of yourself)
• Service to others
• Gratitude and respect
• Education and learning

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