The Four Noble Truths (OCR GCSE Religious Studies): Flashcards

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The Four Noble Truths
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Where did Buddha discover the Four Noble Truths?

Under the Bodhi tree

Where did Buddha first teach the Four Noble Truths?

Deer Park in Sarnath (to five ascetics)

Four Noble Truths in Pali

Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga

What does dukkha mean?

Suffering / truth of suffering

Four types of physical suffering

Birth, old age, sickness, death

What does tanha mean?

Thirst or craving

Three animals in Tibetan Wheel of Life

Pig (ignorance), cockerel (greed), snake (hatred)

What do the three poisons keep spinning?

Wheel/cycle of samsara

What does Nirodha mean?

Truth of end of suffering (3rd Noble Truth)

Fourth Noble Truth (Magga)

Eightfold Path / Middle Way

Three sections of Threefold Way

Wisdom (panna), Meditation (samadhi), Ethics (sila)

Wisdom section practices

Right understanding, Right intention

Meditation section practices

Right effort, Right mindfulness, Right concentration

Ethics section practices

Right speech, Right action, Right livelihood

What traps humans in samsara?

Three poisons: ignorance, greed, hatred

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