Four Noble Truths: The Central Core of Everything the Buddha Taught (Part One)

Part One: The Four Noble Truths - The Central Core of Everything the Buddha Taught.
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On at least two occasions, the Buddha said that all he taught was dukkha and the ending of dukkha (MN 22; SN 22:86). This means that if you want to understand his teachings, dukkha is a good word to know.
Its primary meaning is simple enough-pain-but it covers all levels of pain, from acute physical suffering and mental anguish to subtle levels of stress in very refined, even blissful, states of mind. Unfortunately, there’s no single English word that can encompass all these levels of intensity. Fortunately, though, the fact that we have separate words for pain, suffering, and stress helps to clear up some of the difficulties that the Buddha faced, given that his language had only one word to cover all these things. In the course of this book, I will usually translate dukkha as suffering, but occasionally I’ll use pain or stress where they seem to fit better into the context.
The main point to remember, though, is that dukkha is the primary focus of everything the Buddha taught. If you’re interested in solving the problem of suffering, then his Dhamma, or teaching, is where to look. If you’re interested in other issues, you can look somewhere else.
In his first talk, the Buddha taught that the path to the end of suffering started with right view concerning four noble truths: suffering, its origination, its cessation, and the path to its cessation.
Here, too, it’s good to look at the words the Buddha used for “truth” and “noble”: sacca and ariya.
The early Buddhist texts define sacca as whatever is undeceptive and doesn’t turn out to be other than what it seems. The way the texts use this word shows that a “truth” can mean either (1) a fact as a reality in and of itself or (2) an accurate statement about that reality. This double meaning is important to keep in mind for two reasons. The first is that it’s directly related to the solution of the problem of suffering. In the search for an end to suffering, you’re looking for accurate statements that describe how to reach the reality of suffering’s end. The second reason is that the Buddha made statements about truth that sometimes seem contradictory if you assume that “truth” can be only a reality or only a statement. But once you realize that the word has these two meanings, the seeming contradictions disappear.
And not only that: Understanding the Buddha’s insight into the relationship between pain as a reality and the words inspired by that reality, helps you understand how best to make use of the four truths in practice.

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You mention earlier in the video as u are writing a book (i assume you kinda like create this video from certain book? may you tell us where to get the book?
Btw, this is the latest video i see after several days skip your videos, and the previous day video is amazing, i just watch 2 video consecutively!
need to rewatch for better understanding, so far it gives me understandings of the upadana / clinging analogy which is similar to food or feeding, replacing gross food with the better food (taste of Right Concentration which i relate❤), put the context of 4 Noble Truths over 3 characteristic (3 perceptions is better perspective)
sadhu 3x and thanks again

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These are the words from Buddha Shakyamuni :
In the Dharma Perfect Age, practice Precepts is sufficient to help practictioners to attain the enlightenment.
In the Dharma Semblance Age, the mind of being are more polluted, precepts lone would not be sufficient, one must practice Zen Buddhism meditative concentration to attain the enlightenment.
In the Dharma Ending Age, Buddha Shakyamuni said : only the Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism, chant the Buddha-name Amitabha Buddha and recite the Infinite Life Sutra only can assure one to attain Buddhahood.
In the Dharma Ending Age, it is not because other methods are not good : it is because sentient beings afflictions are too deep and heavy.
Without the supportive power of Buddha Amitabha, it is very difficult for beings to succeed in their cultivation.
🙏🙏🙏Amituofo

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I fully agree with you. I mostly follow Zen, and Mahayana path. Many traditionalists will scoff at the Mahayana path. I also follow some of the Taoist wisdom. I do Qi Gong, and Nei Dan along with my meditation practices. What you stated is true ☸️☯️☸️

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How do you know these are the words from the Buddha?

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​@@friendsnote.1013 refer to The Infinite Life Sutra. 🙏

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@@friendsnote.1013 How do you know they are not words of the Buddha? None the less the wisdom is good, and sound no matter whose words they are. 👍

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@@friendsnote.1013 The teachings attributed to the Buddha are recorded in ancient texts such as the Pali Canon (Tipitaka) for Theravada Buddhism and the Mahayana Sutras for Mahayana Buddhism. These texts were compiled by his followers shortly after his death and have been preserved and transmitted through generations. You can read the book 'Buddhism for dummies' if you are searching for the truth or curious about Buddhist teachings.

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All abstract terms and definitions…..nothing to bring us nearer to the truth….
To ignore this world (even if it is an illusion, samsara) is a denial in life…
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