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 Cessation of Suffering # 2

Thus the Lord Buddha taught that if we can overcome our greedy attachments to the things we love in the world, craving can be overcome too

The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 1

When the Lord Buddha had finished his explanation of the origin of suffering, he continued with an explanation of the cessation of suffering

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 the Origin of Suffering #1

After explaining the Noble Truth of Suffering, Lord Buddha continued with an explanation of the origin of suffering

The Noble Truth of Suffering : Metaphors for the importance of the Aggregates of Clinging

The Soil of the Earth: Just as the soil is prerequisite for the growth of all forms of plant life the aggregates of Clinging are prerequisite to the arising of all other forms of suffering

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 13. Clinging to the Five Aggregates

Our psychophysical constituents or aggregates comprise five categories: corporeality [rupakhanda], feelings [uedanakhanda]

The Noble Truth of Suffering :12. Disappointment

The Buddha divided this category of suffering into two parts material disappointment and abstract disappointment

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 11. Separation from loved ones and treasured things

If we are someone who wishes for fulfillment by the sense-pleasures and habitually partake of those sense-pleasures