The Four Noble Truths by the Dalai Lama

We have just started to re-examine the Four Noble Truths and I have found these two talks by the Dalai Lama as a primer, they are rather long.

The Four noble Truths

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The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho
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The Four Noble Truths, A Study Guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu


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The Four Noble Truths by Steve Armstrong Streamed talk

The First Noble Truth

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There is Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness).

Dukkha is one of the Three Marks of Existence the others being Anicca (impermanence) and Anatta (non-self)

The suffering of change Stephen Batchelor explains the idea behind the truth of suffering (Listen on RealPlayer)

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Anatta:
Anatta Made Simple

Not Self, Not No Self

"Impermanence" by Leigh Brasington

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The Second Noble Truth

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The cause of suffering Robert Thurman describes the cause of suffering (Listen on RealPlayer)

Dependent Origination, The buddhist Law of Conditionality by P.A.Payutto

A Discourse on Dependent Origination by Venerable Mahāsī Sayādaw

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Dependent Origination, Guy Armstrong

Catching Suffering Before It Happens, Ajahn Amaro


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The Third Noble Truth

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THE THIRD NOBLE TRUTH & THE TEN FETTERS from the London Buddhist Vihara

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The Fourth Noble Truth

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The Noble eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi

"The Noble Eightfold Path" from "the Wings to Awakening" by Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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The fourth Noble Truth