Basic teaching in Buddhism

1. Presented by
Ven.Dhammarama
Reg.No SIBA-BABL-14-13
200 Level
Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy
T H E T I M E L E S S T R U T H
FORE NOBLE
TRUTHS

2. Content
 Introduction
 Realities of life
 The fore noble truths
The First Noble Truth
The second Noble Truth
The third Noble Truth
The fourth Noble Truth
 Conclusion
 References

3. Introduction
• The basis and foundation of the Buddha Dhamma is
built upon the four noble truths.
 He expounded this message his very first sermon
(dhammacakkha pavattana-sutta) to his old colleagues,
the five ascetics, at Isipatana (modern Saranath) near
Benaras.
“Light arose in me about things not heard before”
- Dhammacakka Sutta

4. Realities of life Look…
Around you and see
the suffering and
miseries

5. The Fore Noble Truths
Cattàri Ariyasaccàni
The fore noble truths are:
1. Dukkha The Truth of Suffering
2. Samudaya The Truth of the Cause of Suffering
3. Nirodha The Truth of the cessation of Suffering
4. Magga The Truth of the way leading to the
cessation of Suffering

6. The First Noble Truth - Dukkha
This is the nature of our life
Misery
Sickness
Decay
Broken Families
Old age
Suicides
Deaths
Sorrow
Unsatisfaction
Bloodshed

7. The Second Noble Truth - Samudaya
From craving springs grief
From craving springs fear
For him who is wholly free from craving
There is no grief, whence fear
Suffering does not arise out of chance or without
cause. It arises within..

8. The Third Noble Truth - Nirodha
The abandoning and
destruction of desire and
craving for these five
Aggregates of
Attachment and the
cessation of Continuity
and becoming is
Nibbana.
Emancipation, Liberation, Freedom from suffering

9. The Fourth Noble Truth - Magga
Right Understanding (Samma ditthi)
Right Thought (Samma sankappa)
Right Speech (Samma vaca)
Right Action (Samma kammanta)
Right Livelihood (Samma ajiva)
Right Effort (Samma vayama)
Right Mindfulness (Samma sati)
Right Concentration (Samma samadhi)
Wisdom (prajna)
Morality (sila)
Concentration(samadhi)
This is the only way to the purification of beings

10. conclusion
“The craving-freed vanquishes all suffering”
Nothing in this world has ever arisen as great as the Buddhism.
Because, it leads us to the understandingly life and compassionate
wisdom.
The four noble truth is the central and philosophical teaching
which has sermonized by the Buddha.
It can be applied in solving social, political, economical and
religious problems as well.
So, Try to manage your life with understanding of noble truth
because, no one eternal in this world.

11. References
Primary Sources
 Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya (volume ii), Buddhist cultural
Center-Sri lanka.
 Saccavibhanga Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya (volume iii),Buddhist cultural Center-Sri
lanka.
Secondary Sources
 Ven. Rahula, Walpola(1959),What the Buddha taught, The Gordon Fraser
Gallery Ltd,London and Bedford.
Web site
 buddhism.about.com