01:840:369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Four Noble Truths, Theodicy, Five Hindrances
18 Oct 2018
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Four noble truths: suffering, causes of suffering, cessation of suffering, paths to the cessation of suffering, the buddha as a physician, ten unexplained questions and the poisonous arrow parable (gethin 66-68) Suffering: three meanings, mental-physical pain, impermanence, all existence is conditioned, parable of arrow (foundations of buddhism pg. Second noble truth: the origin of suffering: attachment, aversion, and delusion, why do beings suffer, 1. Buddhism: a) craving for the objects of the senses, for existence and non-existence, b) attachment o the objects of sense desire, attachment to views, attachment to precepts and vows, attachment to the doctrine of the self. The ultimately signi cant thing is craving and attachment rather than whatever is the object of that attachment and craving. Thus it is not the objects of sense desire that cause us suffering, but our attachment to those. Tuesday, september 11, 2018: parable of raft (foundations of buddhism pg.
