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The Four Noble Truths

The first turning of the wheel, read aloud.

NarratorBhikkhu AnālayoDuration12:40
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The Buddha, in the deer park at Isipatana, set down what he called the four noble truths. Not a creed. A diagnosis. There is suffering. There is a cause. There is a cessation. There is a path to the cessation. This is the structure of every later teaching.

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