Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Way


苦集灭道
(ku ji mie dao)

All life is suffering (suffering = ku)

The cause of suffering is desire (desire = ji)

Emancipation comes only from eliminating passions (eliminate = mie)

The Way to Emancipation is the Noble Eight-fold Way (The Way = dao)

put them all together to get "suffering, desire, elimination, The Way" = "苦集灭道"



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