"The original teaching of the Buddha consists essentially of four points, the Four Noble Truths:
- Anxiety is everywhere.
- We continued existence for ourselves and our loved ones, and we demonstrate that we are independent of each other and superior to them. These desires are in conflict with the way of being of things, nothing stays, and all things and all people depend everything and everyone. This conflict is the cause of our distress and we project this anxiety about those with whom we are.
- The release of anxiety occurs with the recognition and personal resolution: we are here together for a very short time, so fully accept reality and be caring to each other while we can.
- This recognition and this resolution is performed following the Eightfold Path: right views, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right meditation. This "right" means "right" or "accurate", according to the reality of impermanence and interdependence.
The Four Noble Truths are called "noble" because they have the vocation of wisdom and compassion. "
Robert Aitken, the book The dragon that never sleeps
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