the four noble truths

1) Life entails suffering.
2) The suffering in life is connected to causes and conditions.
3) There is a Path leading away from this suffering.
4) Praktis the Path
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the unexamined life is not worth living . . . Socrates

the examined life is painful . . . Malcolm X

there are two kinds of pain: one leads to more pain, the other leads towards the end of pain . . .
Ajaan Chah

My call for a spiritual revolution is thus not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow other-worldly, still less to something magical or mysterious. Rather, it is a call for a radical re-orientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self towards concern for the wider community of beings with whom we are connected, and for conduct which recognizes others' interests alongside our own. His Holiness the Dalai Lama

source of quotes: www.manzanitavillage.org