"The Four Noble Truths: A Buddhist Theology for Undoing Racism"

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-231
Author(s):  
Judith Simmer-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Four Noble Truths

Early Buddhism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinru Liu
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Persian Empire ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Economic Disparity ◽  
Early Buddhism ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Four Noble Truths

South Asia around the mid-1st millennium bce was a politically and socially turbulent time. Siddhartha, a young man of the Shakya ganasanga, witnessed the cruelty of warfare and the rising social and economic disparity of his time. He realized that the world is full of suffering. This observation evolved into the foremost truth of his doctrine of the Four Noble Truths. This essay will attempt to vividly portray the world of Buddha. It was a world where Brahmans and rajas, merchants and bankers, scribes and artisans, servants and slaves, courtesans-cum-musicians and dancers, farmers and fishermen, and people from mountains and forests, all strived to further (or at least maintain) their place on the newly formed social hierarchy. Some of those from low castes and outside the social core managed to penetrate the mainstream, but some never made it. Others born from elite families were cast out. Meanwhile, the presence of Achaemenid Persian Empire in the northwest of the subcontinent during the Buddha’s time, followed by the establishment of Hellenistic states after Alexander’s invasion in the late 4th century bce, brought new waves of immigration—thus exchanges of goods and ideas—with west and central Asia. Buddhist sangha and other communities of dissidents were refuges for some of the more unfortunate men and women looking for sanctuary. Based on stories in early Buddhist texts, namely the Pali canon and contemporary Brahmana texts (along with inclusion of Buddhist artwork of his time and after, this article will attempt reconstruct the historical Buddha and the time in which he lived.

scholarly journals Mindful congruence, four noble truths and healing relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Lynn Dobkin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Buddhist Philosophy ◽  
Healing Relationships ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Four Noble Truths

Amidst the commotion of constant changes in health care systems, budget cuts, burnout and compassion fatigue there are resilient clinicians who relieve suffering and promote healing in those who seek their care. This workshop will focus on how doctors, nurses, and allied health care professionals serve in this way while maintaining equanimity and sense of meaning in their work and personal lives.This 90-minute experiential-based workshop will be divided into three parts.First, Mindful Clinical Practice will be described using narratives from different health care professionals in various settings. Mindful Congruence will be defined, along with Satir’s four other communication stances.Second, how the Four Noble Truths stemming from Buddhist philosophy inform clinical practice will be discussed with an emphasis on the Eightfold Path to end suffering. Third, a model of Healing Relationships (Scott et al, 2008; 2009) will be used to help participants identify underlying processes contributing to the relational outcomes: hope, trust, and being known. An Appreciative Inquiry exercise will be used to enrich participants’ understanding of their own experiences of being healers in clinical encounters.If and how medicine may be a spiritual practice will be examined.At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 1. Define Mindful Congruence.2. Understand how the Four Noble Truths from Buddhist philosophy inform clinical practice.3. See how meditation practice contributes to clinicians’ mindfulness and emotional regulation.4. Discern the competencies and processes underlying healing.

scholarly journals Development of Cognitive Learning Model based on Four Noble truths under the Office of the Secondary Educational Service Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1627-1631
Author(s):  
Suthit Sawaddi Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Service Area ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Learning Condition ◽  
Learning Paradigm ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Four Noble Truths

This research article aims to study 1) The cognitive learning condition of students under the Office of the Secondary Educational Service Area 2) Development  of cognitive learning model according to the four noble to 3) to propose  the cognitive learning model  according to the Four Noble Truths. The study model is quantitative and qualitative research. The sample consists of 398 students and focus group discussion participated by 9 experts and document analysis. The results of the research are as follows: 1. The study results of cognitive learning conditions of students overall is a very good level, all found are the memory, interpretation, apply, discriminant analysis, valuation, and creativity respectively. The results of the students' development of cognitive learning models according to the Four Noble Truths consist of 1) cognitive learning ,there are 6 learning components; 2) learning according to Four Noble Truths, namely (1) determining problems (2) hypotheses (3) analyzing data (4) experimenting and collecting data. 3) The creative learning paradigm consists of 4 areas: (1) learning from experiences (2) learning life skills (3) learning information technology skills (4) brotherhood teaching Activities 3. The cognitive learning model according to the Four Noble Truths consists of: 1) Learning goals 2) Learning theory concepts that integrate with new knowledge 3) Realizing learning 4) Being able to apply knowledge to it which can be used appropriately for the age and current situation and 5) Learning paradigm in the modern world.

scholarly journals Simbolisasi Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta di Vihara Mendut

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waluyo
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
The Core ◽  
Middle Way ◽  
Vipassana Meditation ◽  
Data Objects ◽  
Object Material ◽  
The Buddha ◽  
Four Noble Truths

This study is based on the absence of a comprehensive description of the symbol of Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Sermon on the Dhamma Wheel) in the Mendut Monastery. This study aims to describe the holistic meaning of the symbolization of the first sermon containing the core of the Buddha's teachings, namely the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta carved on the wooden window of the main dhammasālā at the Mendut Monastery complex.This study uses analytical methods of interpretation (understanding and interpretation) with procedures: (a) inventory of empirical data objects as simple ideas; (b) the granting and excavation of the meaning contained in the object; (c) understanding through insight; and (d) interpretation. The object material of this study is the twelve symbols of the first preaching of the Buddha, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, carved in the wooden windows as a series arranged in sequence as an explanation of the content of the sermon. The validity of the study is based on a confirmability that reflects the objectivity of the study.The results of the study show that: (a) the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta's sermon is symbolized into twelve icons or characters, namely the dharmacakra with thirty spokes (thirty-dharma wheels) and the dharmacakra with twelve spokes as an introduction, then the dharmacakra with three strings, the dharmacakra with eight spokes, the dharmacakra with four blades in which each has thick and thin sides, the dharmacakra with twenty four spokes, the dharmacakra with eight spokes, the lotus symbol, the striped circle, the eye symbol seeing waves, the single eye symbols, and the broken gongs; (b) the symbols of the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta are understood and interpreted as a well-organized meaningful explanations reflecting the content of the sermon. They are commenced by cultivating the pāramitā (virtue) which is ten in number, each of which has three levels, the comprehension of the law of dependent origination, the two extremes namely self-mortification and self-indulgence, the Noble Eightfold Path as the middle way, the realization of the Four Noble Truths, the details of the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path as a path to be developed, the implementation of sīla as the basis, tranquility meditation, vipassanā meditation, the manifestation of paññā, and the attainment of Nibbāna.The consequence of the Dhammacakkappavattana Symbolization simplified into a particular icon makes it easy to understand the content of the sermon. It can be used as a medium of Dharma education which is more contextual with an easy and powerful language.

scholarly journals Buddhist teachings and racial and social justice: similar paths to peace

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisela Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Dependent Origination ◽  
The World ◽  
Four Noble Truths ◽  
The Way

This discussion will summarize the direct ways Buddhist teachings, like social justice work, seek to investigate the way we construct and perceive the world in order to relieve the suffering of the world or achieve peace. It will review the teachings of the four noble truths, dependent origination, fabrications, and mindfulness as paths that can be used not only for relieving individual suffering but provide a framework for the path away from social injustice. Various non-Buddhist activists’ actions of love, non-harming, and non-violence-major Buddhist teachings- are presented as an example of how Buddhist teachings have been informing social justice work for years. This review brings together these concepts and practices in one short and summary reading to remind us how Buddhist teachings and social justice provide us the tools to understand injustices so as to arrive at peace in ourselves and the world.

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