January 17th 2009

Buddhism is full of numbered laws and instructions. First among these are the four noble truths. The form they take is supposedly modeled on the medical reports of 2500 years ago in India.


These are what the Buddha realized in his meditation.
(1)
There is suffering
(2)
Suffering is caused by craving.
(3)
Suffering can be eliminated.
(4)
Suffering can be eliminated by following the eight-fold path.

The eight-fold path?

Rightness of
belief
resolve
speech
action
livelihood
effort
thought
meditation.

That covers a lot of ground.
But wait! There's more!

Later.