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The Fourth Noble Truth
The Path to the Cessation of Suffering The Fourth Noble Truth, Magga, is actually more complex than the first three truths and is part of a much longer teaching known as the Noble Eightfold Path. Fundamentally, it can be explained simply as a set of three pillars, each of which is necessary to cease suffering.…
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The Third Noble Truth
The Cessation of Suffering Is it possible to eliminate suffering from life—to completely remove any possibility of disappointment? Absolutely not. That’s not what this installment is about. This is more about managing yourself. Before I go on, I want you to think about something. We’ve all seen the poster, meme, or gif that asks for…
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The Second Noble Truth
The Origin of Suffering I thought, maybe, that I should continue on with a follow-up for yesterday’s post—so here goes. In Buddhism, the Second Noble Truth is known as Samudaya—The Origin of Suffering. Much like the First Truth-Dukkha—this one is deceptively simple to understand. Applying it is always the tricky part. The Buddha observed that…
Matt Hardman 