Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Religious Studies Trivia Question 2

Which of the following is one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

a. Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness in one way or another

b. As a person puts on new clothes and discards old and torn clothes, similarly an embodied soul enters new material bodies, leaving the old bodies

c. Way wayed not eternal/unchanging way
Name named not eternal/unchanging name

d. Respectfulness, without the Rites, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the Rites, becomes timidity; boldness, without the Rites, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the Rites, becomes rudeness.

The answer is A! The Four Noble Truths, in simple form, are:
1. Life means suffering.
2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

Answer B is from Hinduism and can be found in the Bhagvad Gita; answer C is from Taoism; answer D is from Confucianism.

Stay curious,
Team ARC

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