Talk:Four Noble Truths
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Because of its focus on suffering Buddhism is often called pessimistic
I thought people say its pessimistic because of the idea of nirvana = nothingness. that the happy cure is to cease to exist.
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[edit] Full Revision
I have fully revised this article and included quotes etc.
I decided to do such a heavy revision because I think that these sorts of teachings should be given in quotation.
Hope it is appreciated :o)
P.S. to Plasticlax. I find the idea of suffering never reaching cessation much more pessimistic than the idea of reaching the end of suffering (even if conciousness has to cease with it). The Buddha said that he does not only talk of happiness with reference to happy feeling - but any kind of happiness whatsoever. Elsewhere he concisely states:
02:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)Bhikkhu Silaveda
[edit] Unnering
Far be it from me to correct anything about Buddhism, but should the phrase "These Four Noble Truths, monks, are actual, unnering, not otherwise. Therefore they are called noble truths" from the introduction maybe have the bold portion as "unerring"? - Draeco 21:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Simple Anyone
Though I am sure that this was a great article, I had some trouble understanding some of it. Maybe if someone who understands it could make a Simple English version?
[edit] Hmmm
I have tried to make the intro more accessable, but I have not attempted to put the FNTs into more simple english because I don't wan't to just type out my opinion - rather I prefer to qoute scripture. Even quoting an authoritative scholar's opinion is troublesome because I would then have to quote the counter-interpretation. I hope the article is a bit better, but I aggree that it needs more clarifying.... hard to do without putting some opinion in there :o\
Bhikkhusilaveda 08:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strange...
In one of the paragraphs, someone has placed BUDDHA BUDDHA BUDDHA...etc. I have tried to remove it, yet I cannot find the text (or indeed some of the paragraphs...) in the editor...so I appeal to someone else to remove it. EDIT: And now the paragraphs are gone! This may explain why I couldn't find them, but is it really correct to remove them entirely?
cicero225 05:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
