The Four Noble Truths Venerable Ajahn Sumedho This book has been sponsored for free distribution Sabbadna dammad naria jin ti "The gift of Dhamma surpasses all other gifts" DEDICATION May the fruits of this Dhamma DSna accrue to my parents and to Rani; may their journey through samssra he shortened -Don Rajapaksa The Four Noble Truths Venerable Ajahn Sumedho Contents Preface 7 Introduction 8 The First Noble Truth 14 Suffering and self-view Denial of suffering 18 Morality and compassion 19 To investigate suffering 20 Pleasure and displeasure 22 Insight in situations 25 The Second Noble Truth 29 Three kinds of desire 30 Grasping is suffering 32 Letting go 33 Accomplishment 36 The Third Noble Truth 38 The truth of impermanence40 Mortality and cessation 42 Allowing things to arise 43 Realisation 47 16 The Fourth Noble Truth 50 Right Understanding 52 Right Aspiration 56 Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood 59 Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration 61 Aspects of meditation 62 Rationality and emotion 64 Things as they are 66 Harmony 68 The Eightfold Path as a reflective teaching Glossary 73 69 A Handful of Leaves The Blessed One was once living at Kosambi in a wood of simsapa trees. He picked up a few leaves in his hand; and he asked the bhikkhus, 'How do you conceive this, bhikkhus, which is more, the few leaves that I have picked up in my hand or those on the trees in the wood?' 'The leaves ...
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