What's Noble About The Buddha's 4 Noble Truths.

To start I recommend that you read a few different translation on The Four Noble Truths

It helps to use them as a reference.

Here are some links

• https://www.lionsroar.com/what-are-the-four-noble-truths/

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Four-Noble-Truths

• https://tricycle.org/beginners/decks/teachings/?continue=1

His message is summed up by 4 concise points.

These four statements are simple and aim to help you realize enlightenment.

I really wanted to understand the meaning of this particular message.

I read many different versions of his message so I could figure out why his first sermon was so important.

This is the version that I ended up meditating on:

• This Is suffering.

• This is the cause of suffering

• This is the end of suffering

• This is the path to end suffering.

It is so short and simple that it felt like a trick to trust in it.

But if you work on his teaching, the meaning reveals itself to you.

These words are not intended to act as a form of knowledge.

Their true meaning can only be experienced.

For me to fully accept the message I also had to understand enough of it mentally so my mind wouldn't fight against the experience.

So I could relax into its message.

These 4 statements are pointing at something important.

It is not just pointing out suffering but what is experiencing suffering.

Where it all happens.

That you are maintaining a painful reaction to suffering.

The power of this translation is how it lulls you into experience.

It does it through the word "This".

After saying "This" over and over again in my mind and out loud I saw the direction the words were pointing at.

They were pointing directly at me, at my mind, at you, at your mind.

This unlocked the first two truths but the last two truths were harder to crack.

How does the mind which is causing suffering, end suffering and also reveal the path to end suffering?

The mind creates identification and is constantly being tempted with desires and tormented with fears.

This made the mind seem like a treacherous place where you could lose your footing at any moment.

I took to reading more Buddhist sutras and I came across another word that unlocked the rest of the truths.

The word, "recognize".

Ignorance in the mind is what births suffering, not the mind itself.

When you recognize the true nature of the mind you replace ignorance with light.

This light is clear and full of wisdom.

This wisdom is the end of suffering, this wisdom is unclouded awareness.

And when you constantly recognize unclouded awareness you find yourself on a path that consistently ends suffering.

It is not enough that you see truth once, you see god once, you grasp wisdom once, you have to embody it all the time.

You have to have a system that you can trust.

One that constantly reveals self-existing awareness, especially in hard times.

You need time for the answers to soak into your being.

Otherwise you can be thrown off the path when you encounter pain or pleasure.

It is like learning an instrument.

When you first encounter a guitar you might not know what to do.

But over time you learn technique, you practice a few songs, then all of a sudden you can play music whenever you want.

We are beings of habit, and some knowledge takes time before it becomes second nature.

These 4 Noble Truths guide you towards an enlightenment that will become second nature.

However, you must put in work to build the habit of being enlightened.

Enlightenment is doable and these short truths are enough to liberate those that grasp its meaning.

You have to grasp its meaning everyday till you are sure you have it.

Till you have stabilized the mind in simple and natural awareness.

It will lead you back to your true self, back into the moment, and back into blissful peace.

The 4 Noble truths are time honored wisdom.

Seize the meaning for yourself.

Good luck on your journey.