The Four Nobles In Hinduism

Suffering. All of us have encountered suffering and many of us wish we never would have to again; however, what many people do not see is that since we have suffering, we have happiness. One can not exist without the other. Without this feeling of suffering or unhappiness, we would not be able to understand happiness or even know it as a pleasant feeling, since we would never have experienced a life of unhappiness. Journalist David Brooks in “What Suffering Does” and Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard in “The Alchemy of Suffering” gave their own input upon the relationship between suffering and happiness. They seem to mention how every person endures suffering, but what is important is not the suffering itself, but the way a person changes or reacts to the suffering. While one may hate suffering, we have to understand that one can not be happy without having suffered. The characterization of emotional suffering as “rewarding” to people fails to account for individuals who have undergone the death of their spouse and have come out of it a changed person. In fact, in the 21st century, pervasive media advertising through television advances western cultural expectations of “perfection”, that in part advance suffering.

The next theme is Non-desiring. In chapter seven, it talks about if you want something it will not last forever. But if you are selfless and realize that you need to put yourself first, then you are in a state of Non-desiring. It also talks about Non-desiring in chapter nineteen. In the chapter is says if we eliminate certain actions, then we will receive better out comes. If you do not do anything bad, then there could not possible be any bad to come.

The Second Noble Truth -- the Truth of Arising (samudāya) -- explains that suffering arises from craving or 'thirst'” (Keown, 47) When we have a charming feeling we get to be greedy and need a greater amount of it. When we have a repulsive feeling we get to be furious and push it away. When we don't have sentiments of delight or pain we quit paying consideration on life and fall into delusion. Why do we react to pleasure, pain and neutral feelings with greed, hatred and delusion? We react this way because of ignorance. We don't know have the slightest idea that everything in the world is impermanent, flawed and without a different self. Craving never works because the things that we pursue blur away. When we don't get what we want we respond with outrage or withdraw into

The core beliefs of Hinduism is Kharma, reincarnation, and Dharma. Kharma is the idea that whatever one does during their life will translate back onto themselves, similar to when Jesus says do onto others as you would have them do onto you. Or in other words treat others the way you would want to be treated. Reincarnation is basically the rebirth of someone’s soul in a new form or body. Christianity does not seem to have something similar to this but one could argue that Jesus reincarnated because he became a new version of himself compared to his past. Jesus could have also been reincarnated as God himself so that the divine could be made visible in human form for all to see, according to the Gospel of John. Dharma is the idea that there is an order that makes life and the universe possible, which includes ones duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and the right way of living. I believe this could be similar to Christianity in the sense of the Ten Commandments. These commandments are rules and laws that Christianity uses to judge right from wrong.

Our ability to prosper and be content is totally needy upon our own characters, how we arrange ourselves to ourselves, to others, and to occasions by and large (Dobbin, 2008). What qualities our characters come to have is totally up to us. Subsequently, how well we prosper is likewise altogether up to us. In addition, he says that we can only achieve this by identifying those things that are within our power as well as those that are not within our power. What is in our power, then, is the 'power over ourselves' that we have with respect to our ability to judge what is great and what is abhorrent. Outside our energy are 'external things', which are "detached" as for being great or malicious. These indifferents, number those things that are expectedly regarded to be great and those that are traditionally esteemed to be awful. Generally, they are things that 'simply happen', and they are not in our energy as in we don't have outright control to make them happen pretty much as we wish, or to make them have precisely the results that we fancy (Dobbin, 2008). We an therefore only achieve happiness by adjusting our attitude towards life. Learning to love what we get even when it's not what we wanted in the first place helps us prevent frustration in

Suffering may be hard to accept or endure but its rewards are well deserved. In order to obtain success and strong character, a person must be willing to endure the pain it takes to get there. So it is no surprise that by suffering, a person can become stronger and also eventually successful. This can be portrayed by events like the Civil War, the World Trade Center attacks, and even in school. All of events convey the stem message that suffering can be awful, it can also lead to stronger more successful individuals.

The second Noble Truth is that suffering itself has a cause. At the simplest level, this may be said to be desire; but the theory was fully worked out in the complex doctrine of "dependent origination," or pratityasamutpada, which explains the interrelationship of all reality in terms of an unbroken chain of causation (Conze).

Many of the core beliefs of Hinduism have evolved over time, with some becoming increasingly clearer, and others going from merely an idea into full-fledged beliefs. Karma, Dharma, and the theory of Samsara and moksha are the core beliefs that almost all who define themselves as a practicer of Hinduism would accept. The belief of karma started out in the Early Vedic period merely as “ritualistic action or labor”. It transformed into a “moral law” that incorporated the idea that all actions have fruits, whether good or bad. “Action, which springs from the mind, from speech, and from the body, produces either good or evil results”. This concept of a "law of karma" where good actions yield good results, and bad in bad, extends from the Vedic idea of consequential action from the confines of the ritual to everyday life.

There are many unfair things in this world. Some people are born rich and live in luxury, while some people are born into a poor life that people are suffering. All of us may live in a different life, but we also have one common thing before that. We are all born into this world to live once and we die when the time comes. While living our lives, we all taste contentment and depression. In this process, we sometimes meet moment of enlightenment and life can change in an instant.

The search for happiness through obtaining desires may not lead to the hopeful outcome because the results may stray the individual to an unintended path because desires are exotic and distant in knowledge to the individual.

Dissimilar to Christianity, Hinduism is portrayed as a family of beliefs. “Hinduism unites the worship of many gods with a belief in a single divine reality” (Molloy, 75). Hinduism can be compared to that of the Ganga Ma, a significant river in the Indian culture. Comparing it with the river saying that it flows and gains momentum. The Hindus have four very important life goals; kama or pleasure, artha or economic security, dharma or social and religious duty, and moksha or complete freedom. While Hinduism consist of more than one god, individuals tend to focus on a particular god. Three gods are particularly central in the life of Hinduism. The three gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, represent creation, preservation, and destruction. (Molloy, 75).

The Second Noble Truth is that the source of our suffering is craving and desire. When we look at psychological suffering, it is easy to see how craving causes it. The Second Noble Truth says that getting what you want does not

Hinduism is the major religion of India and is monism. It is defined as “uniting the worship of many Gods with a belief in a single divine reality.” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). “Hinduism is not a single, undefined religion; it is more like a family or beliefs” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). Hinduism is a religion where it is not as structured or has a lot of rules as catholic or baptist. I like it because it is most based off of a way of living your life to reach the ultimate destination. Which is the “path of desire” pleasure and success to achieve them you must maintain the fundamental rules of life they are the 5 principles; 1. God Exists: One Absolute OM. One Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara (Shiva) Several divine forms, 2. All human beings are divine, 3. Unity of existence through love, 4. Religious harmony, and 5. Knowledge of 3 Gs: Ganga (sacred river), Gita (sacred script), Gayatri (sacred mantra). And the 10 disciplines 1. Satya (Truth), 2. Ahimsa (Non-violence), 3. Brahmacharya (Celibacy, non-adultery), 4. Asteya (No desire to possess or steal), 5. Aparighara (Non-corrupt), 6. Shaucha (Cleanliness), 7. Santosh (Contentment), 8. Swadhyaya (Reading of scriptures), 9. Tapas (Austerity, perseverance, penance) 10. Ishwarpranidhan (Regular prayers). (#######) “Hinduism has no identifiable founder, no strong organizational structure to defend it and spread its influence.” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). It originates from 1,0000 B.C. and the scripture that is mostly used is the Vedas, it

The second Noble Truth is that the origin of suffering is attachment to worldly desires.

Attitudes towards the boon exhibit the dual nature of the hero and the community, reflecting the enlightenment gleaned by the hero and lacking in the common person. As the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight progresses, Gawain experiences challenges and, through these challenges, becomes enlightened while those in Camelot continue normal life and do not get the opportunity to gain such insight. In this comparison, the reader can comprehend the difference between the hero and the common person.