Introduction to Buddhist Sutras

Introduction to Buddhist Sutras

The Sutras contain the teachings of Buddha Gautama during 45 years of spreading the Dharma, including basic teachings such as the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Anatta... They are recorded in the Magadhi language of the Buddha's time, condensed, transmitted by oral tradition, and systematized through the first and second Congresses of sutra compilations...

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Nibbana: the end of all suffering

Nibbana: the end of all suffering

Nibbana(Nirvana) is defined in the Sutras as follows: “Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it." The mind no longer has all hidden desires and desires, that is Nirvana, It is called Nirvana because Nirvana is the cessation, the separation - Ni - from craving - Vana, sensual desire...

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The Buddha taught about Suffering and the path to end suffering

The Buddha taught about Suffering and the path to end suffering

In the Four Noble Truths, suffering is birth, aging, illness, death, union with what is displeasing, separation from what is pleasing, not getting what one wants; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering, and the Buddha also taught that the way to end suffering is to practice the Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration...

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What is right concentration?

What is right concentration?

What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness? Unification of mind equipped with these seven factors is called noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites. Any concentration that has the following 7 parts: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness is called right concentration. Any concentration that does not have those 7 parts is called wrong concentration...

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