Transcript The Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths
Today, we’re going to learn...
...what the Buddha has in
common with Doctor Who
(not a huge deal)
Learning aim: Today we’re learning the Four Noble
Truths.
Success criteria
By the end of the lesson I will be able to…
1. Give the Buddhist names for the Four
Noble Truths.
2. Know what each of them means.
3. Explain in detail the First Noble Truth.
Imagine you are feeling ill…
You go and see the doctor.
What would you expect him to do?
1. Give a diagnosis
2. Identify the cause
3. Tell you if you can be cured
4. Give you a prescription
E.g.
Greig goes to the doctor with a sore foot. The
doctor asks Greig some questions about his
lifestyle, and has a look at the foot (maybe with
an X-ray).
Then he says the following…
Diagnosis
1.
2.
3.
4.
Greig, you have broken your foot.
You probably did it playing football.
We will heal your foot by making
the bone grow back together.
We’ll put it in a cast to help it, you
just need to rest and not walk on it.
E.g.
Greig goes to the doctor with a sore foot. The
doctor asks Greig some questions about his
lifestyle, and has a look at the foot (maybe with
an X-ray).
Then he says the following…
Cause
1.
2.
3.
4.
Greig, you have broken your foot.
You probably did it playing football.
We will heal your foot by making
the bone grow back together.
We’ll put it in a cast to help it, you
just need to rest and not walk on it.
E.g.
Greig goes to the doctor with a sore foot. The
doctor asks Greig some questions about his
lifestyle, and has a look at the foot (maybe with
an X-ray).
Then he says the following…
Cure
1.
2.
3.
4.
Greig, you have broken your foot.
You probably did it playing football.
We will heal your foot by making
the bone grow back together.
We’ll put it in a cast to help it, you
just need to rest and not walk on it.
E.g.
Greig goes to the doctor with a sore foot. The
doctor asks Greig some questions about his
lifestyle, and has a look at the foot (maybe with
an X-ray).
Then he says the following…
1.
2.
Prescription 3.
4.
Greig, you have broken your foot.
You probably did it playing football.
We will heal your foot by making
the bone grow back together.
We’ll put it in a cast to help it, you
just need to rest and not walk on it.
Why all this nonsense about Diagnoses,
Causes, Cures and Prescriptions?
The Buddha was likened
to a doctor when he
gave his first sermon in
a deer park in a place
called Benares.
It was in this sermon that the Buddha
taught his five followers the Four Noble
Truths.
First Noble Truth: the diagnosis
Second Noble Truth: the cause
Third Noble Truth: the cure
Fourth Noble Truth: the prescription
Silent Pictionary
To work out what each of the Noble
Truths are, we’re going to play pictionary
in a sensible manner.
Any messing about, and I’ll just get you
to copy them down!
In groups, one of you will come out, and I will
show you what the First Noble Truth is in
one/two words.
Your group has to guess the correct word and
write it next to the picture. THERE MUST BE
NO TALKING!
The next person will then come up, show me the
correct word, and get the next word for the
Second Noble Truth...and do the same.
And the same for the Third and
Fourth...
Copy the following into your jotters...
1st Noble Truth (Dukkha) - Life is suffering.
2nd Noble Truth (Samudaya) - Suffering is
caused by craving/thirst.
3rd Noble Truth (Nirodha) - If you stop craving
you will stop suffering and reach Nirvana.
4th Noble Truth (Magga) - To achieve Nirvana,
you must follow the Eightfold Path.
1st Noble Truth - Dukkha
The Buddha said people suffer because they
don’t understand that
__________________
everything changes
The word is usually translated into English as
"suffering." But it also means temporary, limited
and imperfect.
Explain why the following pictures may
be considered dukkha by a Buddhist...
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17
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Dukkha is commonly explained according to three
different categories:
Obvious physical and
mental suffering.
The anxiety or stress of
trying to hold onto things that
are constantly changing.
Generally being a bit glum or
dissatisfied because
everything is impermanent.
Life is dukkha
Life does not contain dukkha,
life is dukkha, because life itself is
temporary, and we cling onto that
pointlessly.
Dukkha doesn’t just mean
suffering. It is more than
that - it is also just
dissatisfaction/frustration.
Exam question
1 b. Describe what is meant by
dukkha. (4 marks)
Time: 5 mins
Marking Instructions
You will get one mark for any of the
following answers:
• 1 Mark of Existence and the First Noble Truth
• Literally means suffering
• Sometimes translated as unsatisfactoriness, as ‘more’ than just
suffering
• All life is full of suffering and dissatisfaction
• Caused by not understanding anicca and anatta (impermanence and nosoul)
• Caused by unrealistic expectations / attachment
• 3 types of suffering: ordinary / produced by change / conditioned states
• Caused by Tanha
Come up with three questions
you could ask the person in
the hotseat about what we
learned today.
Learning aim: Today we’re learning the Four Noble
Truths.
Can I…?
By the now you should be able to…
1. Give the Buddhist names for the Four
Noble Truths.
2. Know what each of them means.
3. Explain in detail the First Noble Truth.