noble truths
Suffering's core teachings
Noble truths refers to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, the foundational teachings attributed to the Buddha: that life involves suffering, that suffering arises from craving, that suffering can cease, and that the path to cessation is the Eightfold Path.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in Buddhist contexts: The monk explained the noble truths to the newcomers.
- pathRoute for traveling
- DharmaBuddha's collected teachings
- breathAir taken in
- WisdomProfound judgment and discernment
- cessationA full stopping
Enlightenment · Nirvana · Compassion · origin · Samsara · Bodhisattva · Desire · letting go · silence · inner peace · Mindfulness · bodhi · present moment · sangha · meditation · awakening · Sutras · rebirth
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, nirvana, dharma, Mahayana
- Pali Buddhismsutta, vinaya, sangha, buddha, samsara
- Buddhist educationBuddhist teachings, novice training, Buddhist texts, Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist philosophy
- Buddhist Patheightfold path, middle way, bodhisattva, fruition, right action
- Theravadasutta, Vinaya, Theravada, Buddhaghosa, eightfold path
noble truthscommandments
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
Ten Commandments · precepts · laws · mitzvot · sharia
noble truthsdelusions
Firmly held false beliefs
false beliefs · ignorance · noble lies · misconceptions · illusions
noble truthsfetters
Ankle restraints, often metal
defilements · craving · aversion · clinging