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The four noble truths are set and learnt in that network, learning "how the various teachings intersect with each other", [75] and refer to the various Buddhist techniques, which are all explicitly and implicitly part of the passages which refer to the four truths. [76] According to Anderson,
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; English: The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta or Promulgation of the Law Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture that is considered by Buddhists to be a record of the first sermon given by Gautama Buddha, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath.
A common presentation of the core structure of Buddha's teaching found in the early texts is that of the Four Noble Truths, [323] which refers to the Noble Eightfold Path. [ 324 ] [ ae ] According to Gethin, another common summary of the path to awakening wisely used in the early texts is "abandoning the hindrances , practice of the four ...
The Buddha preached the Four Noble Truths and the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutra, and they became the first five bhikkhus of the sangha. Assaji was the last to understand the teachings, and the Buddha had to give further explanations to him and Mahanama while the other three bhikkhus went out on alms round.
The five companions instantly receive ordination and, in a seminal moment, the Buddha teaches them the Four Noble Truths: suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path that leads to the cessation of suffering. Thus this occasion constitutes the birth of the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha.
The Four Noble Truths are at the foundation of Buddhist ethics: dukkha (suffering, incapable of satisfying, painful) is an innate characteristic of existence with each rebirth; [7] [8] [9] samudaya (origin, cause) of this dukkha is the "craving, desire or attachment"; [10] [11] [12]
The Buddha tells a story about a past Buddha called Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū, who reached awakening after aeons under the Bodhi tree and then taught the four noble truths and dependent origination. At the request of his sixteen sons, he then taught the Lotus Sūtra for a hundred thousand eons. His sons proceeded to teach the sutra.
According to this legend, before these encounters Gautama Siddhartha had been confined to his palace by his father, who feared that he would become an ascetic if he came into contact with sufferings of life according to a prediction. However, his first venture out of the palace affected him deeply and made him realize the sufferings of all, and ...