Buddha's Gospel of the Good Life(THE NOBLE TRUTH TAUGHT BY BUDDHA)

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Buddha's Gospel of the Good Life In Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's own words Compiled by Rameesh & Ananda Kasturi Offered with lots of love and happiness at the Lotus feet of our beloved Swami, on the occassion of Buddhapoornima on 30.05.1999 Contents I. CHILDHOOD II. BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS III. UNDER THE BODHI TREE IV. THE NOBLE TRUTH TAUGHT BY BUDDHA V. LAST MOMENTS OF THE ENLIGHTENED ONE VI. THE DHAMMAPADA, THE VEDAS AND SATHYA SAI BABA VII. THE BRAHMIN - A POEM VIII. THE FIVE HUMAN VALUES IX. SATHYA SAI ABOUT SATHYA SAI AND 'SANATHANA DHARMA' X. USEFUL INFORMATIONS XI. BIBLIOGRAPHY XII. INDEX OF QUOTATIONS IV. THE NOBLE TRUTH TAUGHT BY BUDDHA Contents "The Buddha informed his ascetic friends of the Noble Truths which run as follows: The Noble Truths are: "This is the noble Truth of pain: birth is suffering, old age is suffering, disease is suffering; death is suffering, sorrows, lamentation, dejection and despair are suffering. Contact with unpleasant thing is suffering; notgetting what one craves is suffering. In brief the five groups of clinging are suffering. "Now this is the Noble Truth ofthe cause of suffering: Verily it is this thirst, the craving for existence and enjoyment which leads to renewed rebirths, seeking satisfaction; now in this way now in another. It is the craving for gratification of the passions, the craving for existence in the present life or hereafter, or the craving for annihilation. "Now this is the Noble Truth which leads to the cessation of suffering; verily it is this noble Eight-fold Path: right View, right Aspiration, right Speech, right Action, right Livelihood, right Effort, right Mindfulness, right Concentration." These few sentences are the foundation of the Buddhist religion and philosophy." 17 SaiSewak, Bear all and do nothing;Hear all and say nothing;Give all and take nothing;Serve all and be nothing.

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