Dukkha and The Four Noble Truths

In this lesson, we will focus on Dukkha. Dukkha is an important teaching in Buddhism and it refers to suffering. We will be looking at the question of why humans suffer and the causes of suffering according to Buddhism.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Q1.Which Skanda refers to the sense organs and physical objects?

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Q2.What happens when Vajna and Rupa come together?

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Q3.Which Skandha is associated with morality & Karma?

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Q4.What does Samja loosely translate as?

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Q5.Why did the Buddha teach about the Skandhas?

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.Which Skanda refers to the sense organs and physical objects?

1/5

Q2.What happens when Vajna and Rupa come together?

2/5

Q3.Which Skandha is associated with morality & Karma?

3/5

Q4.What does Samja loosely translate as?

4/5

Q5.Why did the Buddha teach about the Skandhas?

5/5

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Dukkha

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Q1.What does illusion mean?

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Q2.Which does Sankhara dukkha refer to?

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Q3.What does Viparimama dukkha refer to?

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Q4.What does Dukkha dukkha refer to?

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Q5.Which of these is not a mark of existence?

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Dukkha

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.What does illusion mean?

1/5

Q2.Which does Sankhara dukkha refer to?

2/5

Q3.What does Viparimama dukkha refer to?

3/5

Q4.What does Dukkha dukkha refer to?

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Q5.Which of these is not a mark of existence?

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Lesson summary: Dukkha and The Four Noble Truths

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