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The Four Noble Truths’ Cause and Effect
The Four Noble Truths Cause and EffectJUL/29/ 2023—JUL / 30/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. The Four Noble Truths include two parts of causes and effects: one is the cause and effect in the world, that is, dukkha and samudaya. Dukkha is the fruit of this world, and samudaya is the cause of the world. The second is the causes and effects that help people to renunciate the worldly engagements, which is, nirodha and marga. Nirodha is the fruit of renouncing the world and marga is the cause of renunciation of the world engagements. Suppose we understand the teachings of the Four…
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The Four Noble Truths Dharma
The Four Noble Truths DharmaJUL/22/ 2023—JUL / 23/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. Two thousand and five hundred years ago, the prince of Kapilavastu, whose name was Siddhāttha Gotama attained the enlightenment after seven days of sitting meditation under the Bodhi tree. He became the well-known Buddha Sakyamuni. After his enlightenment, he kept silent for seven weeks. Finally, he walked to saraṅga-nāthá from Bodhgaya and taught the Four Noble Truths Dharma for the five bhiksu. What exactly is “the Four Noble Truth”? Why did the Buddha taught it at the first turning of the Dharma wheel? Dukkha, samudaya (“arising,” “coming together”), nirodha…
