RELG 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Four Noble Truths, Dukkha, Bhavacakra

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 252
• Professor: Andrea Marion Pinkney

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The three marks of existence: anatman/annatta: no-self, anitya/anicca: impermanence, duhkha/dukkha: suffering. Second noble truth: samudaya: means trsna: thirst, craving, the arising/origin of suffering, beings fall into samsara through cravings, repeated birth is indeed suffering. If suffering has a cause, this means we can remove the cause to end suffering arises, arises on the basis of conditions and causes) Idam sati ayam bhavati: when this exists, that arises (when there is a, there is b) Third noble truth: nirodha: the truth of cessation: refers to dukkha, suffering, the ceccestion of suffering happens when craving ends, the experience is said to be beyond words, nirodha: emphasis on cessation. It should not be consfused with nirvana: nirvana: extinguisihing or blowing out the fires of the three poisons (delusion, hatred, greed) The fourth noble truth: marga: the path: consists of the 8-fold path, right view: refers to holding correct view of the way things are, i. e. the four noble truths,