Tag: Four Noble Truths

Right Intention is the purposive aspect of mental activity - the application of thoughts to achieve ones goals. Right Understanding and Right Intention - the cognitive and the purposive side of the mind respectively - intertwine and interact in close correlation. Intentions are the link between our cognitive thoughts and our active engagement in the world. When the intentions are right, the actions will be right, and for the intentions to be right the right understanding must be present. Where wrong understanding prevails, the outcome is wrong intention which gives rise to unwholesome actions ... read more of What is Right Intention? ...

Right understanding of the Four Noble Truths forms both the beginning and the culmination of the Noble Eightfold Path. The understanding of the Four Noble Truths are the understanding of suffering, the understanding of the origin of suffering, the understanding of the cessation of suffering, and the understanding of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

The first noble truth is the truth of suffering (dukkha) the inherent unsatisfactoriness of existence, which comes to expression as the impermanence, pain, and ceaseless incompleteness of all life ... read more of The Four Noble Truths ...

Right understanding is the guide for the other factors of the Noble Eightfold Path. Right understanding enables us to understand our starting point, our destination, and the various landmarks we will meet in the course of practice and advancements. To attempt the practice without a foundation of right understanding is futile.

Whether formulated or not, our understanding governs our attitudes, our actions, and our whole life orientation. It structures our perceptions, determines our values, and the whole framework through which we interpret ourselves and the world ... read more of The Objects of Right ...