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“The cause of suffering is desire”: Buddha’s Second Noble Truth


“At last, at long last, I have understood Buddha’s Second Noble Truth that ‘The cause of suffering is desire’.”–DSR Buddha’s … More

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Buddha’s Four Noble Truths


(Excerpts from What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, Second and enlarged edition, 1974, New York: Grove Press) The heart … More

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