The Four Noble Truths འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི་

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Venerable Kinga Norbu

Abstract

Kinga Norbu currently serve as Principal of Tenchen Geonpa Nunnery, Paro, Bhutan.
He completed his traditional three years and three months retreat in 2012. He holds a
Master degree in Buddhist Philosophy from Tango University.


The Four Noble Truths འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི་
If the Buddha had taught his disciples principally by using his miraculous abilities and
various powers, it would not have been very effective in helping human beings on the path
of liberation (relief). The best way to show them wisdom and liberation was to point out
the very truth of things; to point out the way things really are. So, this is what he did: He
showed the truth through the four noble truths
By seeing the way things really are, the students learned how to remove their
mistakes and their delusions (mistaken belief). Removing one’s mistakes and mistaken belief
automatically destroys the causes (reason) of one’s suffering and hardships. This allows one to progressively reach the state of liberation (relief) and great wisdom. That is why the four
noble truths is the essence of the first teachings of the Buddha.

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Venerable Kinga Norbu. (2024). The Four Noble Truths འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི་ . Buddhism in Mekong Region Journal, 7(2), 74–79. retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bmrj/article/view/280467
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