The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 3
Mindfulness of the dhammas in the dhammas is to see and consider the mental phenomena both inside and outside, the whole of the time
The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 4
Thee Noble Eightfold Path arises at All Levels of Advancement The Noble Eightfold Path can be found at all levels of advancement
The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 1
The final of the four Truths of the Noble Ones taught by the Lord Buddha was the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (or the Noble Eightfold Path) – the way to extinguish all suffering and attain Nirvana.
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 6
Practising the Middle Way is thus practicing the Noble Eightfold Path. If practiced properly, all eight components of the path will come together as a pure translucent sphere
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 5
What is the true meaning of ‘insight’ [vipassana] meditation? In fact insight is insightful vision or seeing things according to their true nature, seeing them thoroughly from every perspective.
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 4
In the Lord Buddha’s first sermon to the group of five initial disciples he advocated to steer between the extremes of sensual indulgence
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 3
The mechanism of overcoming suffering requires the practitioner completely to uproot craving from the mind by transcendental extinction
The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering # 3
The Lord Buddha compared craving to the resin of the persimmon tree or varnish which are some of the stickiest forms of sap
The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering # 2
The Lord Buddha taught that the extent of craving in the minds of living beings is so great as to be beyond words
The Noble Truth of Suffering : 13. Clinging to the Five Aggregates
Our psychophysical constituents or aggregates comprise five categories: corporeality [rupakhanda], feelings [uedanakhanda]