Abbot’s Lectures
Listen to Soryu Forall’s lectures based on “Buddhism For All” book.
An Overview of the Four Noble Truths
11 Minutes
This first lecture of the series on the Four Noble Truths gives an overview of the Buddha’s teaching on the cause of suffering and the end of suffering. A formula for cause and effect applied to the one thing we all ultimately care about: How it is that we suffer? And how can we end our suffering? Learn about this specific conditionality that is critical to enlightenment.
The First Noble Truth
13 Minutes
The second lecture of this series on the Four Noble Truths lays out how the path begins with a willingness to face our suffering. But what is meant by suffering? Learn about how we suffer by constantly grasping onto something unreliable and how facing our suffering begins to transform suffering into happiness.
The Second Noble Truth
13 Minutes
The third lecture of this series on The Four Noble Truths reveals the Buddha’s empowering revelation that suffering has a cause: Craving. Learn about this one necessary cause for all suffering and explore how suffering can never be arbitrary, nor inherent.
The Third Noble Truth
17 Minutes
The fourth lecture of this series on the Four Noble Truths looks into the true purpose of the entire spiritual path: Realising the end of suffering. Nirvana. Learn what we specifically need to overcome in order to escape from the conditional suffering of this world.
An Overview of the Fourth Noble Truth
13 Minutes
The second lecture of this series on the Four Noble Truths lays out how the path begins with a willingness to face our suffering. But what is meant by suffering? Learn about how we suffer by constantly grasping onto something unreliable and how facing our suffering begins to transform suffering into happiness.
The Fourth Noble Truth
16 Minutes
The sixth lecture of this series on The Four Noble Truths gives a breakdown of the Threefold Training and looks into each part of the Noble Eightfold Path. Learn about the practices that allow us to walk the path between suffering and the end of suffering.
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