Ep. 130 – Essential Buddhism Part 5: The Truth of Suffering
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The First Noble Truth, the First Truth of the Buddha
The Buddha says we are all subject to a flow of suffering and pain. We cling to our own agony because we don't see things clearly, he adds. The first noble truth is that the universe is merely a flow of empty impermanent process. This is an appraisal of what this whole round of existence is about.
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