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<div>[[Image:Four Noble Truths.JPG|thumb|Buddha Turning the Wheel of Dharma for the first time]]The '''Four Noble Truths''' (Skt. ''catvāryāryasatyā''; Tib. འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི་, ''pakpé denpa shyi''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi'') or the Four Realities of the [[Arya]]s, were taught by [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] as the central theme of the so-called [[Three turnings|first turning]] of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after his attainment of [[enlightenment]]. They are:<br />
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*the truth (or reality) of [[suffering]] (Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''duḥkha-satya'') which is to be understood,<br />
*the truth (or reality) of the [[origin]] of suffering (Tib. ཀུན་འབྱུང་བའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''samudaya-satya''), which is to be abandoned,<br />
*the truth (or reality) of [[cessation]] (Tib. འགོག་པའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''nirodha-satya''), which is to be actualized, and<br />
*the truth (or reality) of the [[path]] (Tib. ལམ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''mārga-satya''), which is to be relied upon.<ref>{{:Quotations: Maitreya, Sublime Continuum, Suffering must be understood, it's cause eliminated, cessation realized and the path relied upon}}</ref><br />
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==Meaning of the Term==<br />
In his ''[[General Topics]]'' commentary on the ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]'', [[Patrul Rinpoche]] explains:<br />
The ''Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī'' says:<br /><br />
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What is the meaning of "truth"? It has the characteristic of not being in discord with the teachings, <br /><br />
And when seen it becomes the cause for complete purity. That is the meaning of "truth".<br /><br />
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The meaning of the first line refers to the object, that is, exactly as the Tathagata has taught [objects] to be impermanent and so on, that is how they are. The latter refers to the subject, that is, when [objects] are seen exactly as they are, an unmistaken mind is produced. That is the meaning of the term "truth" by itself. <br /><br />
As for the meaning of "the truths of the noble ones", since the noble ones see the truths exactly as the truths are, both their mind and the object [perceived] are true. Therefore they are [the truths] of the noble ones. <br /><br />
For childish beings, although in reality things are "true", since their minds do not realize this [reality], it is not presented as truth. <br />
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==Cause & Effect==<br />
The four truths can be divided into two pairs of cause and effect, known as the cause and effect of '[[thorough affliction]]' (Skt. ''saṃkliṣṭa''; Tib. ཀུན་ཉོན་) or [[samsara]], and the cause and effect of '[[complete purification]]' (Skt. ''vyavadāna''; Tib. རྣམ་བྱང་) or [[nirvana]].<br />
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==[[Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths]]==<br />
{{:Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths}}<br />
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==Tibetan Texts==<br />
{{TBRC|O1GS12980{{!}}O1GS129804CZ60560$W22084|}} འཕགས་པ་བདེན་པ་བཞིའི་མདོ། bka' 'gyur (sde dge par phud) edition, Vol. 72. ff.170r.-170v. (pp.339-340)<br />
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==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==<br />
*His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], Paris, 15 September 1996<br />
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Haileybury retreat, UK, 9-11 April 2013<br />
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==Further Reading==<br />
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation'' (Shambhala, 2009)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], His Holiness, ''Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind: Living the Four Noble Truths'' (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2000)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Four Noble Truths'' (Thorsons, 1998)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''Kindness, Clarity and Insight'' (Snow Lion Publications, 2006), pages 29-34 <br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''Lighting the Way'' (Snow Lion Publications, 2004), Chapter 1<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Middle Way'' (Wisdom Publications)<br />
*[[Geshe Tashi Tsering]], ''The Four Noble Truths'' (Wisdom, 2005)<br />
*[[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]], ''Gateway to Knowledge, VOL II'' (Hong Kong, Boudhanath & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000)<br />
*[[Jamyang Drakpa]], 'Appendix 2' of ''The Light of Wisdom, Volume 1'' (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1999)<br />
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), pages 67-84 & 'Appendix 3'.<br />
*[[Mingyur Rinpoche]], ''Joyful Wisdom'' (Harmony Books, April 2009)<br />
*[[Ringu Tulku]], ''Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism'' (Snow Lion, 2005), pages 22-55<br />
*[[Samdhong Rinpoche]], ''Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World'', (World Wisdom, 2006), pages 182-188<br />
*[[Thich Nhat Hanh]], ''The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching'' (Broadway Books, 1999)<br />
*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], The Venerable Khenchen, ''The Life of the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths'' (Namo Buddha Publications, Boulder 2001), Ch 2. Available [http://www.rinpoche.com/fornob.html here]<br />
*Walpola Rahula, ''What the Buddha Taught'' (Grove Press, Revised ed. 1974)<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<small><References/></small><br />
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==External Links==<br />
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/nyingma-masters/khenpo-pema-vajra/brief-overview-three-turnings|''A Brief Overview of the Three Turnings and the Mantra Pitaka of the Vidyadharas'' by Khenpo Pema Vajra}}<br />
*[http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/2-the-four-noble-truths Teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama]<br />
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[[Category:Key Terms]]<br />
[[Category:Four Noble Truths]]<br />
[[Category:Enumerations]]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Four Noble Truths.JPG|thumb|Buddha Turning the Wheel of Dharma for the first time]]The '''Four Noble Truths''' (Skt. ''catvāryāryasatyā''; Tib. འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི་, ''pakpé denpa shyi''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi'') or the Four Realities of the [[Arya]]s, were taught by [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] as the central theme of the so-called [[Three turnings|first turning]] of the wheel of the [[Dharma]] after his attainment of [[enlightenment]]. They are:<br />
<br />
*the truth (or reality) of [[suffering]] (Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''duḥkha-satya'') which is to be understood,<br />
*the truth (or reality) of the [[origin]] of suffering (Tib. ཀུན་འབྱུང་བའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''samudaya-satya''), which is to be abandoned,<br />
*the truth (or reality) of [[cessation]] (Tib. འགོག་པའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''nirodha-satya''), which is to be actualized, and<br />
*the truth (or reality) of the [[path]] (Tib. ལམ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. ''mārga-satya''), which is to be relied upon.<ref>{{:Quotations: Maitreya, Sublime Continuum, Suffering must be understood, it's cause eliminated, cessation realized and the path relied upon}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Meaning of the Term==<br />
In his ''[[General Topics]]'' commentary on the ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]'', [[Patrul Rinpoche]] explains:<br />
The ''Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī'' says:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
What is the meaning of "truth"? It has the characteristic of not being in discord with the teachings, <br /><br />
And when seen it becomes the cause for complete purity. That is the meaning of "truth".<br /><br />
<br /><br />
The meaning of the first line refers to the object, that is, exactly as the Tathagata has taught [objects] to be impermanent and so on, that is how they are. The latter refers to the subject, that is, when [objects] are seen exactly as they are, an unmistaken mind is produced. That is the meaning of the term "truth" by itself. <br /><br />
As for the meaning of "the truths of the noble ones", since the noble ones see the truths exactly as the truths are, both their mind and the object [perceived] are true. Therefore they are [the truths] of the noble ones. <br /><br />
For childish beings, although in reality things are "true", since their minds do not realize this [reality], it is not presented as truth. <br />
<br />
==Cause & Effect==<br />
The four truths can be divided into two pairs of cause and effect, known as the cause and effect of '[[thorough affliction]]' (Skt. ''saṃkliṣṭa''; Tib. ཀུན་ཉོན་) or [[samsara]], and the cause and effect of '[[complete purification]]' (Skt. ''vyavadāna''; Tib. རྣམ་བྱང་) or [[nirvana]].<br />
<br />
==[[Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths]]==<br />
{{:Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths}}<br />
<br />
==Tibetan Texts==<br />
{{TBRCL|https://www.tbrc.org/#library_work_ViewByOutline-O1GS129804CZ60560{{!}}W22084|}} འཕགས་པ་བདེན་པ་བཞིའི་མདོ། bka' 'gyur (sde dge par phud) edition, Vol. 72. ff.170r.-170v. (pp.339-340)<br />
<br />
==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==<br />
*His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], Paris, 15 September 1996<br />
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Haileybury retreat, UK, 9-11 April 2013<br />
<br />
==Further Reading==<br />
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation'' (Shambhala, 2009)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], His Holiness, ''Buddha Heart, Buddha Mind: Living the Four Noble Truths'' (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2000)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Four Noble Truths'' (Thorsons, 1998)<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''Kindness, Clarity and Insight'' (Snow Lion Publications, 2006), pages 29-34 <br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''Lighting the Way'' (Snow Lion Publications, 2004), Chapter 1<br />
*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Middle Way'' (Wisdom Publications)<br />
*[[Geshe Tashi Tsering]], ''The Four Noble Truths'' (Wisdom, 2005)<br />
*[[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]], ''Gateway to Knowledge, VOL II'' (Hong Kong, Boudhanath & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000)<br />
*[[Jamyang Drakpa]], 'Appendix 2' of ''The Light of Wisdom, Volume 1'' (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1999)<br />
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), pages 67-84 & 'Appendix 3'.<br />
*[[Mingyur Rinpoche]], ''Joyful Wisdom'' (Harmony Books, April 2009)<br />
*[[Ringu Tulku]], ''Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism'' (Snow Lion, 2005), pages 22-55<br />
*[[Samdhong Rinpoche]], ''Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World'', (World Wisdom, 2006), pages 182-188<br />
*[[Thich Nhat Hanh]], ''The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching'' (Broadway Books, 1999)<br />
*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], The Venerable Khenchen, ''The Life of the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths'' (Namo Buddha Publications, Boulder 2001), Ch 2. Available [http://www.rinpoche.com/fornob.html here]<br />
*Walpola Rahula, ''What the Buddha Taught'' (Grove Press, Revised ed. 1974)<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<small><References/></small><br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/nyingma-masters/khenpo-pema-vajra/brief-overview-three-turnings|''A Brief Overview of the Three Turnings and the Mantra Pitaka of the Vidyadharas'' by Khenpo Pema Vajra}}<br />
*[http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/2-the-four-noble-truths Teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama]<br />
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[[Category:Key Terms]]<br />
[[Category:Four Noble Truths]]<br />
[[Category:Enumerations]]<br />
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