States Of Consciousness

Numerous factors determine when and why you feel tired, full of energy, and hungry. A person's state of consciousness and awareness varies throughout the day and depends on a person's activity, environment, and time clock.

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh provides a citation from the Buddha, which gives insight into the cure of our distress. “I teach only suffering and the transformation of suffering” (Thich Nhat

Buddhism only stresses that their followers live according to the doctrine and walk the path. The eightfold path is eight wide areas of training that touches every area of an individual existence. Ranging from study to ethical behavior to occupation to constant time of awareness. Without the fourth truth, Buddhism

Suffering is caused by desire. we do not just want something we get attached to something. we get attached to something that we want. Buddhist do not get attached to

“What is the noble truth of the origin of suffering? It is craving which renews being and is accomplished by relish and lust…” The Buddha on the origin of suffering – Sammyutta Nikava

The Second Noble Truth (tanha) concerns the origins of suffering. Buddha taught that much of our suffering is caused by craving, self-desire, envy, greed, and ignorance. He also taught that we can overcome the “origins of suffering” by developing the mind, thinking carefully, and meditating would lead to the true happiness and enlightenment. (142)

The first Noble Truth “Life means suffering” is shown throughout Siddhartha’s journey to reach enlightenment. Siddhartha experiences suffering both physically and mentally. Siddhartha suffers physically when he decides to join the Samanas and must neglect his body in order to eliminate himself. He also experiences suffering when his son does not obey him, and he decides to leave the river and go to the city. For this first Noble Truth, I believe that life is suffering and change, and they are the only constants in life. Both happiness and sadness exist in the world, but you can’t have one and not the other and that’s the reality of human life because it isn’t perfect. Therefore, after reading of Siddhartha’s physical and mental struggles, I felt that I could really relate to them as a college freshman. There are so many temptations surrounding me including drinking and partying, but by partaking in these activities, I won’t feel happy permanently. I may feel happy temporarily and then I will likely suffer after when I have studying or I don’t feel well.

From the perspective of the Buddhist, the root of suffering is that we do not take the time to get to know who we are through prayer and meditation. The ability to grasp our true selves requires finding inner peace and moving past our ego. We all have the capability to

Buddhism, on the other hand, understands the psychological nature of humans very deeply and develops effective treatment methods. As revealed in the Flower Ornament Sutra [Avatamsaka Sutra], "Our perception Three Kingdoms arise from the mind, so do Twelve Links of Dependent Origination; birth and death come from the mind, which are extinguished when the mind is put to rest”. If we view Buddhism in this lens, itself in conglomeration with psychology has much to reveal about both practices (Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth, 2012).

In the early portion of the story of Buddha’s life, there is a notion that if one is not made aware of the concept of suffering,

In order to obtain a meaningful life one has to ponder different philosophical thoughts to create a life of meaning. By building upon Buddhist beliefs suffering is necessary in order to obtain liberation from life and death. For Epicurus the thought process was that hedonism created a life worth living. Yet, this thought process creates an addictive cycle of thrill-seeking and a stronger

Buddhism is a non-theistic religion, meaning those who practice it do not worship a god. Instead, Buddhists believe in following the advice of the Buddha, born Siddhartha Gautama. The Buddha’s teachings are considered the core of Buddhism. One of the most significant teachings is The Four Noble Truths. The First Noble Truth is the truth of suffering or Dukkha. There are obvious signs of suffering, but the Buddha believed that suffering has much more depth. Instead, the truth of suffering is when one is not suffering from outside causes, they are still unsatisfied. “Human beings are subject to desires and cravings, but even when we are

Ignorance of the Buddha's teachings, might attribute all happiness and suffering to some external cause, believing that happiness and suffering come from the environment, or from the gods, and that everything that happens originates in some source outside of one's control. If one believes this, then it is extremely hard, if not impossible, to envisage eliminating suffering and its causes which is in itself an extremely pessimistic point of view. On the other hand, when a person accepts responsibility that experience of suffering is a product of what the self has done, that is, a result of personal karma, eliminating suffering becomes a real possibility. Buddhism believes that once awareness of suffering takes place, one can begin to remove the causes of suffering. This is the understanding of karma. Accepting responsibility for our own behaviour is an essential part of being able to change it, and a real source of optimism.

One of the characteristics of Buddhist reality is “dukkha”, which is translated as suffering. The Buddhist understanding of suffering is more of a dissatisfaction or dis-ease with life. This is caused by the constant change that comes with living in the physical world. Even when experiencing a

The First Noble Truth of Buddhism is also referred to as the truth about suffering or dukkha, which posits that suffering, comes in various forms such as pain, desire and or deaths. However, the three types of sufferings coincide with the ones the Buddha witnesses on his journey outside his palace: they were sickness, old age, and death (Hardy, 2005; Young, 2013). Buddha argued that human beings are exposed to cravings and desires and even if they are able to satisfy these particular desires that satisfaction is merely temporary. In that case, pleasure is ephemeral and whenever it lasts it results into monotony (Velasquez, 2011; Besser-Jones & Slote, 2015).