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    true happiness. The Buddhists major aim in life is to find enlightenment (true happiness). The core beliefs of Buddhism are the four noble truths. The Buddha's Four Noble Truths explore human suffering. They are described as: Dukkha: Suffering exists; Suffering is real and almost universal. Suffering has many causes: loss, sickness, pain, and failure. The first noble truth is that life is frustrating and painful. In fact, if we are honest with ourselves, there are times when it is downright horrible

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    refer to themselves as Buddhists. Buddhism does not have any mandatory set of beliefs and is not centered on a particular God, and can thus also be considered a philosophy. One of the central teachings to understand Buddhism are the four noble truths. The first noble truth is that life is suffering. Everything

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    There is no god of good or evil according to Buddhism. It is a nontheistic religion; evil does not take the form of a personal god. Evil is ignorance of the Four Noble Truths. The nature of evil is a flaw in the human condition. We are destined to suffer from pain, sickness, and death. We experience a craving for unrealistic permanent happiness. Our obsessive desires cause us to feel disappointment when our desires conflict with reality. . According to Living traditions p 86 ignorance, rather than

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    that time he developed the basic principles of his new belief system. Buddhism has four noble truths and the observance of these truths lead to the escape from the cycle of reincarnation. This escape is called nirvana. One of the most popular religious texts in the Buddhist world was and is the Dhammapada, which provides sayings and truths that shed light on this journey to nirvana. Out of the 423 Buddhist truths presented in the Dhammapada, numbers 20, 75, and 89 provide particular insight into

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    instance, the Four Noble Truths are the heart of Buddha’s teaching; in order to gain a better grasp of the concept, it is important to study and understand the first two Noble Truths. The first two Noble Truths include suffering and the cause of that suffering. It is important to understand the fundamental thoughts and beliefs in Buddhism, which are the Buddha’s teachings

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    The First Truth states that suffering is going to be present and is unavoidable. The Second Truth tries to understand the root of suffering. In Buddhism, suffering starts with desire and ignorance. Desire refers to wants that cannot be satisfied such as craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality

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    this world, filled as it is with so much pain and sorrow.” The Buddha came to understand both the plight of humankind and the way to move beyond the eternal cycle of birth, karma, death, and rebirth. His insight is referred to as the Four Noble Truths. The four noble truths: life is painful because of craving, grasping desire, desire combined with pleasure and lust leads to a cycle of rebirth, detachment from all desire even the desire to exist is the way to release from rebirth and pain and the eightfold

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    opened the way to the spread of Buddhism. Before this new way of life could take hold, however, the Chinese people had to learn the teachings of Buddha, such as the first sermon preached by Buddha in the fifth century B.C.E., known as “The Four Noble Truths.” Although Buddhism eventually became popular throughout China, there was opposition to the new beliefs and Chinese people struggled with replacing their old beliefs, such as Confucianism and Taoism, with this new, strange belief system. In

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    millions of people around the world. The teachings of this belief system was based on Siddhartha Gautama and began in India. Teachings of the religion include “The Four Noble truths” and “”The Noble Eightfold Path”. The Four Noble truths is stating that everyone experiences unsatisfactoriness and suffering which can end by following the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddhism influenced Indian culture in many ways. Few of these influences include it’s language, and art. For example,

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    Beneath the Surface Part one of the Four Noble Truths: Suffering is an inherent part of existence. Being the first born, I feel I lived a very sheltered life. It was important to both of my parents that I was happy, lived in a nice home, participated in everything that I wanted, and had the things necessary for life. It was also important to them that I did not get hurt. They tried to protect me for the truths of the world, such as death and suffering and pain. Growing up in the area that I did

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