jim scannell

Ignorance.

The Four Noble Truths

1. The miseries of evolutionary existence resulting in births and
deaths, life after life.

2. The cause productive of misery, which is selfish desire, ever
renewed, of satisfying one's self, without being ever able to secure that
end.

3. The destruction of that desire, of the estranging of one's self from
it.

4. The means of obtaining this destruction of desire.

Some Things That Cause Sorrow

Birth, decay, illness, death, separation from objects we love,
association with those who are repugnant, craving for what cannot be
obtained.

Noble Eightfold Path

1. Right Belief (Law of Karma)

2. Right Thought

3. Right Speech

4. Right Action

5. Right Means of Livelihood

6. Right Exertion

7. Right Remembrance and Self-Discipline

8. Right Concentration of Thought

Cause of Rebirth:

Unsatisfied selfish desire for things that belong to the state of
personal existence in the material world.

The Five Observances

1. I observe the precept to refrain from destroying the life of beings.

2. I observe the precept to refrain from stealing.

3. I observe the precept to abstain from unlawful ***ual intercourse.

4. I observe the precept to refrain from falsehood.

5. I observe the precept to abstain from using intoxicants.

The Five Skandhas

(The make-up of the last generative thought of the dying person that makes
up the personality of the next life)

1. Material qualities

2. Sensation

3. Abstract ideas

4. Tendencies of mind

5. Mental powers or consciousness

Ten Great Obstacles to Advancement

(The Fetters)

1. Delusion of self

2. Doubt

3. Dependence on superstitious rites

4. Sensuality

5. Bodily passions

6. Hatred, ill-feeling

7. Love of life on Earth

8. Desire for life in a heaven

9. Pride

10.Ignorance

The Five Hindrances

1. Greed

2. Malice

3. Sloth

4. Pride

5. Doubt

Observances Six through Eight

(For the laity)

6. I observe the precept to abstain from eating at an unseasonable time.

7. I observe the precept to abstain from dancing, singing, music and
unbecoming shows, and from the use of garlands, scents, perfumes, cosmetics,
ointments, and ornaments.

8. I observe the precept to abstain from using high and broad beds.


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Jim Scannell
jscannell@wi.rr.com
http://home.wi.rr.com/jscannell/

Gratitude hence Happiness,
Faith hence Hope,
Selfishness is anti-Love,
Devotion is the Key