FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS DVD SET

Movie Description:
In July 1996, His Holinessthe 14thDalai Lama gave two days of teachings onthe Four Noble Truths at the Barbican Hall inLondon. It marked a historicoccasion as this was the first time he had given these lessonsin the West and the first time that His Holiness had been invited to give a major teaching bya wide spectrum of Buddhist traditions. How does an ordinary person become a Buddha, an enlightened one, a fully awakened, omniscient and compassionatehuman being, someone who has realized the meaning of existence? This is the central question of Buddhism. In his first teaching after his enlightenment,the Buddha presented the world with his answer. It consisted offour expositionsor Noble Truths: The truth of suffering. The truth of the origin of suffering. The truth of the cessation of suffering. The path that leads to the cessation of suffering. "The Four Noble Truths are thefoundation of the Buddhist teachings. Infact, without the knowledge and experience of the Four Noble Truths, then isis impossible to practice BuddhaDharma...Why did the Buddha teach the Four Noble Truths? We all possess this innate desire to seek happiness and to overcome suffering. The reason whyBuddha emphasized the development of a profound insight to thenature of suffering is because there is an alternative, there is a way out, thereis a possibility of freedom from that suffering." -The Dalai Lama