The Four Noble Truths are the four basic truths of life, namely suffering, practice, cessation, dukkha (ie, suffering, the source of suffering, the cessation of suffering, the path leading to the end of suffering). This is the first teaching the Buddha taught after he attained enlightenment. This teaching is recorded in the Falun Dafa Sutra.

In the end, mind is the source of all suffering and deliverance. Buddhism teaches us the path to liberation from suffering by practicing the mind instead of trying to change the outside world, which we can not do. Mind transformed from within will have the effect of changing the outside world.

Suffering

The first truth is that life is full of suffering. In general, we can divide suffering into physical sufferings and mental sufferings: physical suffering includes birth, aging, illness, and death. Suffering consists of losing what we love, having what we dislike, and expecting without gaining. However, there is also suffering consisting of all the other sufferings - that is, the suffering that comes from accepting the self, the self, the eternal being.

But what are the happy times that we have in life? Is not it too negative to define life as just a tank?

It is true that modern life has many pleasures to enjoy but there are also many tensions, fatigue. However, the joy and happiness of the world are impermanent, just temporary, the cause of sadness or suffering. Conversely, the wisdom and understanding of the Dharma practice will transform suffering and afflictions. Through practice, our mind will be calm, calm, above the agitation of suffering and joy. The pure, clear mind carries a boundless peace, eternal, different from the brief happiness of the worldly pleasures.

Volume (Cause of suffering)

Desire, or craving or craving, causes suffering. Dhamma teaches that: "Those who live in this life, suffering from afflicted craving, will grow up, as the grass is in the rain." The Zhuan Falun refers to the three types of desire: the desire for the things of the flesh, the desire to pursue the material with the thought that life is never finished, and desire for material enjoyment. Because there is no death, there is nothing left after death.

Killing (Extreme Section)

Because desire is the source of suffering, to be free from suffering, we need to "end all desires." Ending lust means the release of suffering, and thus ending the desire is the moment of attainment of nirvana.

We should note that the doctrine of the Twelve Causality states that ignorance is the source of all suffering, and desire is the eighth link in the karmic chain. The doctrine of the Twelvefold Cause also shows that to end suffering, we must end ignorance (the first link). But here in the Four Noble Truths, to end suffering, we need to end the desire, which means to cut off in the middle of the chain of conditions, the eighth chain.

This has a profound application in reality: If there is wisdom, we will rid ourselves of ignorance. However, if we are only nurturing insight wisdom, we can still limit suffering by practicing the proper teachings as taught by the Buddha. Buddhists often say "There are eighty-four thousand disciplines", enough for each person in the world to choose a method of study suitable for them. Different methods are applied to different motions called "means". This helps the practice of Buddhism grow in every place, in every culture, every nation, every age.

Path (The path leading to the end of suffering)

This path has eight branches and is called the Noble Eightfold Path:

1. Right view : Understanding of the Four Noble Truths, impermanence and non-self.

2. Right Thought : Thinking about leaving craving, not raging and violent, does not cause harmful actions.

3. Main language : Do not lie, do not say double tongue (say pun), do not say evil words, do not say vanity.

4. Main : No killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct.

5. Main Network : Do not trade or do occupations that harm directly or indirectly to other beings.

6. Be diligent : Try to prevent bad thoughts and actions, so that they do not arise. If they have started, try to stop them. Try to initiate good thoughts and actions. If they arise, try to maintain them.

Mindfulness : Observing our bodies, emotions, thoughts, and all phenomena, all teachings to cut off all desires and suffering.

8. Main : Meditation practice. Determination is the state of mind when the mind is placed on a single object in a uniform and true way, without oscillation, dispersion. Its effect is to eliminate projection. If the mind is swept away in the course of natural progress without the effort to overcome, control and redirect it, under the control of craving, hatred and ignorance, the mind will draw us to the disadvantaged.

The Four Noble Truths are the first and most fundamental teachings on the path to enlightenment. That is the path to the enlightenment of Arahants in Theravada Buddhism. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.27/6/2018.