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182 - Unraveling Suffering: The Four Noble Truths Explained

Secular Buddhism

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The Practice of Letting Go in Buddhism

The third Noble Truth offers us a message of hope and liberation. Observing the breath with its continuous cycle of in and out can be a profound metaphor for understanding the impermanence of all things. Many Buddhist meditation practices use the breath as an object of focus to cultivate mindfulness. It's important to note that the cessation of suffering in Buddhism, it's not a mere theoretical concept or something that needs to be believed in as in a belief. You can put these methods into practice and experience the actual feeling of learning to let go of craving.

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