Turning Toward Suffering
What happens when we turn our minds toward the very thing we try to avoid?
Four Noble Truths
The four noble truths in Buddhism are key insights that define the very orientation of Buddhist practice. The Buddha realized the four noble truths when he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. At his first sermon, he identified the truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of the end to suffering, and the truth of the eightfold path. Explore teachings, Dharma Talks, and reflections on these core Buddhist insights. Go deeper with the Tricycle online course: The Four Noble Truths.
The Four Noble Truths
Did you know that suffering is optional? In this 8-part video teaching, Tibetan master Gelek Rimpoche explains why this is true, how to recognize the causes of suffering, and how to make choices that alleviate it.…
Magazine | Teachings And Texts
The First Sermon of the Buddha
In the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park, he taught the Four Noble Truths by addressing the existence of suffering, its cause, and its end.
TeachingsMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
The Buddha-charita Part II
This installment is the second in a series of excerpts from The Buddha-charita or Life of Buddha, the first complete biography of Shakyamuni Buddha, written by the poet Ashvaghosha, probably in the first century C.E. The…
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