2012 03-03 dharma talk 4 noble truths

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

加拿大佛教會 © 2006 Buddhist Association of Canada

Buddhist Association of Canada

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



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



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.



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



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



三法印 – 3 Zeal of the Dharma

諸行無常 Impermanent

諸法無我 No self

湼槃寂靜 Nirvana



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



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



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



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



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



Dukkha 1  ordinary suffering (dukkha-dukkha)

2  dukkha as produced by change (veparinama-dukkha)

3  dukkha as conditioned states (samkhara-dukkha)



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



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



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’



Nature of Life 人生 Five skandhas五蘊:

 Form, feeling, conception, impulse, consciousness.色、受、想、行、識



www.ChamShanTemple.org www.shengguangshi.blogspot.com Shengguang Shi 釋聖光 Tom Cheung 張湘棠 Kam Cheung 張仁勤

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