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LESSON 5 – THE NOBLE TRUTHS

PRIMARY READING:

Dharmachakrapravartana Sutra ("Turning the Dharma Wheel") Samyutta Nikaya 57.11

Four Noble Truths (catvāri āryasatyāni)

• Suffering (duḥkha)

• Its accumulation (samudaya) - via craving (tṛ́ṣṇā)

• Its cessation (nirodha)

• The Path (mārga) leading to its cessation

Also note:

In order to destroy the Four Inversions (viparyāsa), the Buddha preached the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. The Four Inversions are: - mistaking impermanence (anicca) for being permanent (nitya); - mistaking suffering (dukkha) for bliss (sukha); - mistaking the detestable (asubha) for loveable (śuci); - mistaking what has no-self (anātma) as having a self (ātma).