The Four Noble Truths

Buddha’s first sermon about his enlightenment was based on

• The Arhat

• Being a stricter ascetic

• The Four Noble Truths.

• The Sangha

The teaching of The Four Noble Truths is known as...

• 'The Path of Divine Realisation'

• 'The Enlightenment of the Five Disciples'

• 'The Chant of Liberation'

• ‘Setting in motion the Wheel of Dhamma’

The (a)   , which is a set of (b)   that Buddhists use to guide them in Buddhist practice and teaching, records the (c)   .

This teaching is known as the ​ (d)   .

• Pali canon
• scriptures
• sermon
• Buddhist calendar
• Zen koans
• Tibetan thangka
• Sangha
• Dhammacakkappavattana

The Four Noble Truths give Buddhists the opportunity to examine and reflect upon why they are suffering in life. For example, this means they may attempt to overcome the Three Poisons, which are hate, greed and ignorance.

They may also attempt not to be jealous of what others have.

• anger/hatred

• 
• ignorance

• 
• greed

• 

Buddhists widely accept that suffering exists.

The teachings of the Four Noble Truths allow Buddhists to accept this suffering as they believe that it can be overcome.

The Four Noble Truths are:

• suffering

• Magga

• the end of suffering

• Dukkha

• the path to the end of suffering

• Samudaya

• 1. the origin of suffering 

• Nirodha

match the scenario to the type of dukkha

• Bethany really wants to be rich&famous

• Viparinama-dukkha

• Jesse went on a hike and broke her ankle

• Dukkha-dukkhata

• Francesca emigrated to Canada

• Samkhara-dukkha

The Buddha said that there are three main types of craving:

1) Craving thing that ​​ (a)   e.g. hot chocolate

2) Craving to become something that you are not e.g. ​ (b)  

3) Caving not to be or craving ​ (c)   e.g. ​ (d)  

• please the senses
• powerful and rich
• non-existence
• embarrassment
• ignore the senses
• ordinary and poor
• existence
• confidence
• fear of failure

"Now this, [monks], is the noble truth of the ​ (a)   of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and ​ (b)   of it, freedom from it, ​ (c)   on it.

• cessation
• relinquishing
• nonreliance
• embrace
• indulgence
• attachment
• ending
• stopping

Match the Eightfold path to it's definition

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

behaving peacefully & ethically

right approach to following 8fold path

speaking truthfully & positively

earning a living in a non-harming way

making sure to meditate

understanding the Buddha's teachings

developing focus for meditation

becoming fully aware of yourself

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Ethics (Sila)

,

(b) Meditation (Samadhi)

,

(c) Wisdom (Panna)

• right mindfulness

• right speech

• right livelihood

• right concentration

• right intention

• right action

• right understanding

• right effort