Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching

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The way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, is this: It is simply the noble eightfold path, that is to say, right view, right intention; right speech, right action, right livelihood; right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. Now this, monks, is the noble truth of stress: [1] Birth is stressful, aging is stressful, death is stressful; sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair are stressful; association with the unbeloved is stressful, separation from the loved is stressful, not getting what is wanted is stressful. In short, the five clinging-aggregates are stressful. Of these three series, the only one I've read is Wheel of Time. For the primary protagonists and antagonists, it is indeed very much a classic good vs evil story. However, one of the things I like most about it is that it takes a standard hero-literally-saves-the-world type of story and shows how much of an ugly sprawling mess such a situation would really be. Oh, you're the guy all those prophecies are talking about? Great! Now to do the job prophecy has laid out for you, you just need to prove your identity as the prophesied hero, convince a dozen major national governments of it, persuade hundreds of diverse politicians to put aside their personal ambitions and pet causes long enough to help you, resist all of their efforts to take over control from you (sometimes by force) because they obviously know what should be done better than you, somehow get them all to work together, beat some of the more stubborn ones into submission, and forge all their armies into a united force. Oh yeah, and fight all the bad guys too. Donald Lopez: "The original teachings of the historical Buddha are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to recover or reconstruct." [24] General Sūtra Section | 84000 Reading Room". 84000 Translating The Words of The Budda . Retrieved 2023-07-12.

Sharf, Robert H. (2000), "The Rhetoric of Experience and the Study of Religion" (PDF), Journal of Consciousness Studies, 7 (11–12): 267–87, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-13 , retrieved 2017-05-06 Use this amazing free online spinner wheel tool that lets you design your digitized wheels or simply put My preference is for grittier worlds where people are less clearly good and evil and are portrayed more realistically. (so more akin to ASoFaI then LOR). Perhaps veering toward dark fantasy. I think I also like the low magic ASoFaI setting, but that's not crucial and I realise most settings have big magic.

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But, despite all that, I found it a really nice read. The metaphysics are interesting, I found the characters engaging (at least in the early books), and the magic system is neat if loosely defined. It has some strong cliches, but there aren't horribly done. For the most part, I found it a rather fun series. There are these two extremes that are not to be indulged in by one who has gone forth. Which two? That which is devoted to sensual pleasure with reference to sensual objects: base, vulgar, common, ignoble, unprofitable; and that which is devoted to self-affliction: painful, ignoble, unprofitable. Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way realized by the Tathagata — producing vision, producing knowledge — leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to Unbinding. For seven weeks immediately following the enlightenment, the Buddha spent his time in lonely retreat. At the close of this period he decided to proclaim the doctrine (Dhamma), he had realized, to those five ascetics who were once struggling with him for enlightenment. Knowing that they were living at Isipatana (modern Sarnath), still steeped in the unmeaning rigours of extreme asceticism, the master left Gaya, where he attained enlightenment, for distant Varanasi, India’s holy city. There at the Deer Park he rejoined them.) Vision arose, insight arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me with regard to things never heard before: 'This is the noble truth of the origination of stress'... 'This noble truth of the origination of stress is to be abandoned' [2] ... 'This noble truth of the origination of stress has been abandoned.' Anandajoti (2010), "Introduction," retrieved 18 May 2010 from http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Earliest-Discourses/index.htm.

Vision arose, insight arose, discernment arose, knowledge arose, illumination arose within me with regard to things never heard before: 'This is the noble truth of the cessation of stress'... 'This noble truth of the cessation of stress is to be directly experienced'... 'This noble truth of the cessation of stress has been directly experienced.' I haven't read First Law (or I forget all details about it), but I have read Wheel of Time and Sword of Truth. I liked both, though I think Sword of Truth got a little weird near the end.Ajahn Sucitto (2010), Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching, Shambhala What can the wheel of fortune be used for? Is it difficult for you to decide what to have for lunch? Create a turntable and choose a restaurant at random. The range of Truth or Dare questions can start from pretty tame all the way to outrageous. The hundreds of questions for this Truth or Dare game are probably not too invasive or demanding, although that might depend on your point of view! It's a great idea to peek at what might be coming first. The way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, is this.' Such was the vision... 'This way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, can be developed.' Such was the vision... 'This way leading to the cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, has been developed.' Such was the vision... in regard to ideas not heard by me before. When the Wheel of Truth had thus been set rolling by the Blessed One the earthgods raised the cry: "At Benares, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, the matchless Wheel of truth has been set rolling by the Blessed One, not to be stopped by monk or divine or god or death-angel or high divinity or anyone in the world."

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha delivered this discourse on the day of Asalha Puja, in the month of Ashadha, in a deer sanctuary in Isipatana. This was seven weeks after he attained Enlightenment. His audience consisted of five ascetics who had been his former companions: Kondañña, Assaji, Bhaddiya, Vappa, and Mahānāma. Hey guys!! Are you ready for an exciting experience full of thrill and fun? Well, then you are at the right place. Here we have come up with an exciting tool known as Truth or Dare Wheel. This is a digital version of the classic game of truth or dare. The Noble Truth of the Path Leading to the Cessation of Suffering is this: It is the Noble Eightfold Path, and nothing else, namely: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. (3) Sucitto, Ajahn (2010), Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching, ShambhalaWitness the Unveiling: As the wheel gradually slows down, your answer, either in the form of a “YES” or “NO” will pop up on the screen. The setting of a random rotation is not visible to the naked eye as it happens when the wheel is spinning quite fast. Anderson, Carol (1999), Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon, Routledge Bronkhorst, Johannes (1993), The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.