Now when you actually read the text itself, the first sermon, you find that it concludes, not with an affirmation of the Four Noble Truths, but the Buddha states, and Im quoting from memory: It was not until my knowledge and vision was entirely clear about the twelve aspects of these Four, that I could consider myself to have achieved a peerless awakening in this world. And when he explains what the twelve aspects of these Four are, it turns out that each of these points-dukkha, samudaya, nirodha; magga- are tasks to be recognized, to be performed, and to be accomplished. So, rather than Four Noble Truths, we have Four Noble Tasks. And that makes all the difference. —Stephen Batchelor Register online now for Culture of Awakening, with Stephen Batchelor and Roshi Joan Halifax. upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=1103
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:30:00 +0000
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