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Expert: Bodhicitta - 10/31/2006


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What do Buddhists mean when the say suffering? Has it anything to do with noble truth? And what is meditation?

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Hi Sam
thanks for your questions. I usually ask people to introduce themselves if they are new. Where they live and what background in Buddhism if any and interest they have.

Suffering is dukkha in Sanskrit and yes it is one the noble truths.

Dukkha could be very crude - we all get sick, we all grow old and we all die. According to Buddhist thought we are
reborn and die countless times - caught in a  wheel of endless suffering. Awakening - the state of Buddha through the practice of meditation is the release.

Meditation is the process of mind training that cuts through confusion and allows  you to see the true nature of the things.

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