Four Noble Truths

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Realism: The Basis for the Buddhist Path and Its Goals
The foundations of the Buddhist spiritual path are succinctly summarized in a four-line verse written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and explored in an in-depth explanation.
in The Graded Path
Self-Transformation through the Lam-rim Graded Stages
The lam-rim, or graded stages of the Buddhist path, take us from an ordinary limited being to a fully enlightened Buddha.
in The Graded Path
The Four Noble Truths as Antidotes to Mistaken Views
An uncommon explanation of the four noble truths as what Buddha taught to counter two sets of reversed, mistaken views.
in The Five Paths
The Four Noble Truths: An Overview
An introduction to the Four Noble Truths, Buddha’s unique approach to the problem of suffering, and how it can be solved.
in Buddha’s Basic Message
Lam-rim Structured According to Four Noble Truths
An explanation on how the four noble truths are understood at initial, intermediate and advanced levels.
in The Three Scopes
The First Noble Truth: True Suffering
The true suffering in life that we all face is that, with the types of limited bodies and minds that we have, we perpetuate our problems.
in The Graded Path
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