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Date Posted: 14:34:03 06/13/14 Fri
Author: robino
Subject: abstract overview - repost

Date Posted: 17:01:15 11/06/12 Tue
Author: rsm
Subject: abstract overview

BUDDHISM
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
An Alternative Interpretation

Buddha searched for the truth about suffering. What he found was the truth about the wheel of life and death.

Dukkha did not originally mean suffering, it meant : not running smoothly.

The process of perceiving, understanding and relating to life is not running smoothly, because pleasurable things lead to personal preferences.

Preferences are pre-references, and lead to always wanting to be somewhere else; wanting to repeat or avoid past experiences.

Perhaps Buddha taught us that the way to get the wheel of life running smoothly is to be guided by what is noble and true.

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A Short Historical Introduction for Non-Buddhists

Part One :
THE ALTERNATIVE MEANING OF DUKKHA : NOT RUNNING SMOOTHLY

Part Two :
THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH and SUFFERING

Part Three:
PLEASURE LEADS TO PREFERENCES AND THESE PRE-REFERENCES INFLUENCE THE PROCESS OF FEELING AND RELATING TO LIFE.

Part Four :
HOW TO GET THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY

Part Five :
HOW TO GET THINGS RUNNING VERY SMOOTHLY

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