First Teaching of the Buddha | Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | Sutta Exploration | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Описание: On Āsāḷhā Full Moon, Ajahn Dhammasiha discusses the the first discourse of the Buddha, the sutta on 'Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma'

Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta,
Saṃyutta Nikāya / Connected Discourses of the Buddha, 56.11


In particular, Ajahn Dhammasiha describes how the Buddha's teaching on the 4 Noble Truth is similar to the approach of a good doctor:

A good doctor first has to assess the patients true condition by carefully noting all symptoms:
For example, fever & cough & weekness.

Then he has to find the cause of the problem to provide a diagnosis
For example, infection of lungs with pneumokokkal bacteria, causing pneumonia with above symptons.

Then he will have to remove the cause to cure the sickness:
For example antibiotics against the bacteria.

Then he provides a suitable treatment plan including prescription for medicine:
For example penicillin 3 times a day with the meal; rest in bed; keeping warm.



The Buddha follows exactly the same approach:

Assess our true existential condition:
Subject to birth, aging, sickness & death,
and various other forms of pain and suffering.

Find the underlying cause:
Craving (Taṇhā).

Remove cause to free us from death and suffering:
Abandon craving.

Treatment plan / Prescription:
Noble 8-Fold Path






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