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The Four "Noble Truths":
(1) The experiences of life—birth, growth, decay, illness, death, separation from objects we love, hating what can
not be avoided - are all sorrowful. That is, such states of mind as are inseparable from conscious personality
are states of suffering and sorrow.
(2) The causes of suffering and sorrow are the action of the outside world on the senses. These objects excite a craving, or a
delight, which leads to action, which leads in turn to rebirth, continued existence, and misery.
(3) The complete subjugation and destruction of this eager thirst or lust is that which causes sorrow to cease.
(4) The path which leads to the cessation of sorrow is the Noble Eightfold Path.
The path which opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace of mind,
to the higher wisdom, to full enlightenment, to Nirvana? Verily! it is The Noble Eightfold
Path, that is to say:
- Right views;
- Right aspirations;
- Right speech;
- Right conduct;
- Right livelihood;
- Right effort;
- Right mindfulness; and
- Right contemplation.
(Dhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana-sutta)
One who followed this path would become an Arahat - a man set free by insight from the
desire for material or immaterial existence; from pride and self-righteousness and ignorance. As one traveled
the Noble Eightfold Path on the way to Arakatship, one would conquer ten errors or evil states of mind: self-delusion; doubt; dependence on works; sensuality or
bodily passions; ill-feeling or hatred; love of life on earth; desire for life in heaven; pride; self-righteous
ness; ignorance.
One who became an Arahat had attained Nirvana.
Selection from the works of George A. Barton
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