Perspective voyage · Around the fifth century BCE

Early Buddhism — Suffering, its cause, cessation, and a path

What changes if suffering is read not as a pessimistic verdict on all life but as a diagnosis with causes and a possible cessation?

Person or traditionEarly Buddhist tradition

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Larger questionHow should we face suffering and death?

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How should we face suffering and death?

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The Four Noble Truths distinguish dukkha, its arising centered on craving, its cessation, and a path leading toward cessation.

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Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §1 Early Buddhist conceptions of mind; Four Noble Truths and dependent arising
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450 BCE · Around the fifth century BCE

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