my version of the four noble truths

November 22nd, 2005

In Buddhism, there are the Four Noble Truths:

(1) There is suffering. Suffering is an intrinsic part of life also experienced as dissatisfaction, discontent, unhappiness, impermanence.

(2) There is a cause of suffering, which is attachment and desire (tanha).

(3) There is a way out of suffering, which is to eliminate attachment and desire.

(4) The path that leads out of suffering is called the Noble Eightfold Path.

My version:

(1) Life sucks… because it does.

(2) We make life suck… because we want things to go our way.

(3) Life can cease to suck… if we can find a way out.

(4) The way out of a sucky life is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path.

. . . .

Please note: I have a sucky life… read previous entry.

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