Dear Friends,
On March 16, 2018, we had about 15 minutes meditation session and had
a great discourse on The Four Noble Truths (the first Dharma talk of
the Buddha after his enlightenment). Our master teacher, Bhante
Maithree explained the first noble truth during this meeting.
-Truth of Suffering, the below events, items are suffering.–
1> Birth is suffering
2> Aging is suffering
3> Illness/Sickness is suffering
4> Death is suffering
5> Dealing with unpleasant people, things, events/displeasing is suffering
6> Departing from pleasant people, things, events/separation from what
is pleasing is suffering
7> Wishes don’t come true, not full filling wishes, not to get what
one wants is suffering
8> Five Sensory (eyes, nose, ear, mouth, skin – Touch), five
aggregates subject to clinging are suffering
What are the four Noble Truths?
They are the Buddha’s basic teaching, and umbrella to all other
teachings. The four Noble Truths liberate us from suffering.
1> There is a Suffering (Dukkha): Life always involves suffering even
when things seem good.
2> There is a cause of Suffering
3> There is a end of Suffering
4> There is path out of Suffering
We will continue with the teaching, meditation and discussion, Please
join us. See you on March 23, 2018 at 7:30pm.
With Metta,
Honeyhline Heidemann
