2012 03-03 dharma talk 4 noble truths
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Buddhism, Meditation, four noble truthsTRANSCRIPT
Updated February 2012
Introduction to Buddhism
2012/03/03
Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple
Updated February 2012
Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple
ná mó fó tuó 南 無 佛 陀
Namo Buddha
ná mó dá mó 南 無 達 摩
Namo Dharma
ná mó sēng qié 南 無 僧 伽
Namo Sangha
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佛教的教理 – Dharma, Teaching of Buddha 1. 三法印 3 Dharma Zeal 2. 四依法 4 Reliance 3. 十善 10 Good Deeds 4. 四聖諦 4 Noble Truth 5. 八正道 8 Fold Path 6. 十二因緣 12 Causation Link 7. 六度 6 Paramita 8. 八萬四千法門 84,000 Approaches
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Buddhist Belief
“Every existent is compounded by causes and conditions and is void of an independent self”
THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA by Dharma Master Fa-Fang
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Dharma in one sentence When this is, that is. From the arising of this, that arises. When this is not, that is not. From the ceasing of this, that ceases.
Samyutta Nikya 12, 21
Another translation
When this is, that is; because this arises, that arises. When this is not, that is not; because this ceases, that ceases.
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Nature of things – Causation 因果規律 No free lunch
Cause, condition and consequence
Changing cycles: creation, growth, deterioration, destruction
Impermanence 無常, Voidness 空性
Dependent origination, Conditioned arising, Interdependent genesis: Lack of intrinsic nature (sunyata) 緣起性空
Liberation, Peace, Nirvana
Non-grasping, non-clinging, non-attachment, let it be, let go, suchness
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No Self reflected in actions At a personal level – Generosity, giving, help others for a common good
– Transfer of merit At a social level – From ego/ethnic/nation centric to world-centric,
consumer vs. individual, tolerance and forgiveness
– Stop cycles of hatred and revenge At a planet level – preserve the environment and resources
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三法印 – 3 Zeal of the Dharma
諸行無常 Impermanent
諸法無我 No self
湼槃寂靜 Nirvana
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The Buddha's Teaching: Its Aim ‘to directly addresses the critical problem at the
heart of human existence: the problem of suffering’
It is a ‘program of deliverance’: makes suffering and release from suffering the focus of his teaching’
Lecture on Vesak Day by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
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The Four Noble Truths 1. Dukkha (suffering)
2. Samudaya: the arising or origin of dukkha
3. Nirodha: the cessation of dukkha
4. Megga: the way leading to the cessation of dukkha
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The Four Noble Truths 1. life involves suffering
2. suffering arises from craving
3. suffering ends with the removal of craving
4. there is a way to the end of suffering
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Four Noble Truth 四諦
道 the way leading to the cessation of dukkha or the Eightfold Path
苦 Suffering
集 Cause/arising of suffering
滅 Cessation of the cause of suffering
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Four Noble Truth 四諦十六行相
道 Eightfold Path to end suffering 道, 理, 行, 出
苦 Suffering 苦, 無常, 空, 無我
集 Cause of suffering 集, 因, 生, 緣
滅 Cessation of the cause of suffering 滅, 靜, 妙, 離
果 Effect
因 Cause
世間 Mundane
出世間 Supra-mundane
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Dukkha 1 ordinary suffering (dukkha-dukkha)
2 dukkha as produced by change (veparinama-dukkha)
3 dukkha as conditioned states (samkhara-dukkha)
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Ordinary suffering • birth, old age, sickness, death • association with unpleasant persons and conditions, • separation from beloved ones and pleasant conditions, • not getting what one desires
All such forms of physical and mental suffering, which are universally accepted as suffering or pain
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Dukkha as produced by change A happy feeling, a happy condition in life, is not
permanent, not everlasting it changes sooner or later
When it changes, it produces pain, suffering produced by change
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Dukkha as conditioned states Most important philosophical aspect of the First
Noble Truth The Buddha says :
– 'In short these five aggregates of attachment are dukkha’
– 'O bhikkhus, what is dukkha? It should be said that it is the five aggregates of attachment’
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Nature of Life 人生 Five skandhas五蘊:
Form, feeling, conception, impulse, consciousness.色、受、想、行、識
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www.ChamShanTemple.org www.shengguangshi.blogspot.com Shengguang Shi 釋聖光 Tom Cheung 張湘棠 Kam Cheung 張仁勤
Questions and Comments 討論
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