the Skype session is held on 4 Noble Truth
to understand about the Buddha first teaching after He attain
Enlightenment
The Four Noble Truths (Pali: Cattāri ariyasaccāni, Sanskrit:
Catvāri āryasatyāni, Chinese: Sìshèngdì, Thai: อริยสัจสี่, Ariyasaj
Sii) are one of the most fundamental Buddhist teachings. They
appear many times throughout the most ancient Buddhist texts, the
Pali Canon. They are among the truths Gautama Buddha is said to
have realized during his experience of enlightenment.[1]
Why the Buddha is said to have taught in this way is illuminated by
the social context of the time in which he lived. The Buddha was a
Śramaṇa, a wandering ascetic whose "aim was to discover the truth
and attain happiness."[2] He is said to have achieved this aim
while under a bodhi tree near the River Neranjana; the Four Noble
Truths are a formulation of his understanding of the nature of
"suffering",[3] the fundamental cause of all suffering, the escape
from suffering, and what effort a person can go to so that they
themselves can "attain happiness."[2]
These truths are not expressed as a hypothesis or tentative idea,
rather the Buddha says:
These Four Noble Truths, monks, are actual, unerring, not
otherwise. Therefore, they are called noble truths.[4]
The Buddha says that he taught them...
...because it is beneficial, it belongs to the fundamentals of
the holy life, it leads to disenchantment, to dispassion, to
cessation of suffering, to peace, to direct knowledge, to
enlightenment, to Nirvana. That is why I have declared it.[5]
This teaching was the basis of the Buddha's first discourse after
his enlightenment.[6] In early Buddhism this is the most advanced
teaching in the Buddha's Gradual Training.
Mahayana Buddhism regards these as a preliminary teaching for
people not ready for its own teachings.[7]
Strictly speaking, "truths" is a mistranslation; "realities" would
be better: these are "things", not statements, in the original
grammar.[8]
Understanding about Noble truth ,leads us to strive for
Buddhahood
the Fourth Truth states about the method to cease suffering :Noble
Eightfold Path
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths
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