The Truth of Suffering and the Path of

This in-depth exploration of the Four Noble Truths-the foundational Buddhist teaching about the origin of suffering and its cessation-reveals the subtlety and sophistication that lie beneath these deceptively simple teachings. Chgyam Trungpa shows us how we can join view (intellectual understanding) of the teachings with practical application to interrupt suffering before it arises. Book jacket.

Judith L. Lief is an acharya, or senior teacher, in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chogyam Trungpa.

Editor's Preface	p. vii
Editor's Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The First Noble Truth
The Truth of Suffering
Recognizing the Reality of Suffering	p. 7
Dissecting the Experience of Suffering	p. 13
The Second Noble Truth
The Truth of the Origin of Suffering
The Power of Flickering Thoughts	p. 33
The Development of Set Patterns	p. 39
Perpetually Re-creating Suffering	p. 45
The Third Noble Truth
The Truth of Cessation
Awakening and Blossoming	p. 63
Meditation as the Path to Buddhahood	p. 69
Transcending Samsara and Nirvana	p. 75
The Fourth Noble Truth
The Truth of the Path
The Doubtless Path	p. 91
The Five Paths	p. 97
The Practice of Meditation	p. 117
Outline of Teachings	p. 119
Notes	p. 127
Glossary	p. 131
Text Sources	p. 141
Resources	p. 143
Index	p. 145
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