2012 03-03 dharma talk 4 noble truths

Buddhist Association of Canada
Cham Shan Temple

Introduction to
Buddhism
2012/03/03

Updated February 2012

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

Updated February 2012


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
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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

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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.

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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
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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
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三法印 – 3 Zeal of the Dharma

諸行無常
諸法無我
湼槃寂靜
Impermanent No self Nirvana

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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

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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

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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

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Four Noble Truth 四諦
苦
滅
Suffering Cessation of the
cause of suffering

集
道
Cause/arising the way leading to the
of suffering cessation of dukkha or
the Eightfold Path

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Four Noble Truth 四諦十六行相
苦
滅
Suffering Cessation of the
果
苦, 無常, 空, 無我 cause of suffering
Effect 滅, 靜, 妙, 離

集
道
Cause of suffering Eightfold Path to end
因
集, 因, 生, 緣
suffering
Cause 道, 理, 行, 出

世間出世間
Mundane Supra-mundane
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Dukkha
1  ordinary suffering (dukkha-dukkha)

2  dukkha as produced by change (veparinama-
dukkha)

3  dukkha as conditioned states (samkhara-
dukkha)

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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

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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

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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’

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Nature of Life 人生
Five skandhas五蘊:
 Form, feeling, conception, impulse, consciousness.色、
受、想、行、識

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Questions and
Comments 討論

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Shengguang Shi 釋聖光
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Kam Cheung 張仁勤

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