ANTH 3401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Four Noble Truths, Dukkha, Noble Eightfold Path
27 Feb 2019
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Noble silence: buddha"s refusal to talk about complex philosophical topics in absolute terms. Would always take the other side when someone would try to argue for a certain point of view. Arrow parable: story demonstrating the reasoning behind the noble silence. Focusing on the perpetrator of a crime is less important than resolving the problem. Buddha originally developed buddhism as non-authoritarian, with no rituals, no speculation ( the thicket of theorizing ), de-emphasized tradition, self-effort, de-emphasized the supernatural. Meant to be empirical, scientific, pragmatic, and egalitarian. The three poisons: delusion, craving, and hostility. The three jewels/refuges: the buddha, the dharma, and the sangha. Claim is that dukkha exist, and is in fact the basic condition of life. The eightfold noble path: right view, know the truth, have the right concepts and right ideas, results from contemplating phenomena through the three dharma seals, the four noble.
