<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6a52c4b0-b6f7-4212-b93b-bbeb66763477/CC4A7704-BA5B-44FA-A7E3-5ABD12C1D158/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.buddhaweb.org/" href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.buddhaweb.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.buddhaweb.org/"><DIV id="container"><DIV id="header"><DIV id="main_nav_container"><UL id="main_nav_list"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/index.html" class="main_nav_active_item" set="yes"><SPAN class="main_nav_active_item_text">core concepts</SPAN></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/6.html" class="main_nav_item" set="yes"><SPAN class="main_nav_item_text">aggregates</SPAN></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/5.html" class="main_nav_item" set="yes"><SPAN class="main_nav_item_text">fetters</SPAN></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/4.html" class="main_nav_item"><SPAN class="main_nav_item_text">boundless states</SPAN></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/3.html" class="main_nav_item"><SPAN class="main_nav_item_text">perfections</SPAN></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.buddhaweb.org/2.html" class="main_nav_item"><SPAN class="main_nav_item_text">resources</SPAN></A></LI></UL></DIV><DIV id="key_visual"> </DIV><DIV id="logo"> </DIV><DIV id="text_caption">Essentials of Buddhism</DIV></DIV><DIV id="main_container"><DIV id="left_column_container"><DIV class="sub_nav_container"><UL class="sub_nav_list"></UL></DIV><DIV id="sub_container1"></DIV></DIV><DIV id="sub_container2"><DIV id="content_container"><SPAN>Four Noble Truths</SPAN><BR /><P>   1. Suffering exists<BR />   2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires<BR />   3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases<BR /><DIV>   4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path </DIV><BR /><SPAN>Noble Eightfold Path</SPAN></P><P></P><DIV><TABLE align="left"><TBODY><TR valign="top"><TD valign="top" align="left"> <B>Three Qualities</B></TD><TD align="left"> <B>Eightfold Path</B></TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> Wisdom <I>(panna)</I></TD><TD valign="top" align="left"> Right View</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> </TD><TD align="left"> Right Thought</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> Morality <I>(sila)</I></TD><TD align="left"> Right Speech</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> </TD><TD align="left"> Right Action</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> </TD><TD align="left"> Right Livelihood</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> Meditation <I>(samadhi)</I></TD><TD align="left"> Right Effort</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> </TD><TD align="left"> Right Mindfulness</TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD align="left"> </TD><TD align="left"> Right Contemplation</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><BR /><P><BR /><DIV><SPAN>Three Characteristics of Existence</SPAN></DIV><BR />   1. Transiency (anicca) 2. Sorrow (dukkha)<BR /><DIV>   3. Selflessness (anatta) </DIV><BR /><DIV><SPAN>Hindrances</SPAN></DIV><BR />   1. Sensuous lust<BR />   2. Aversion and ill will<BR />   3. Sloth and torpor 4. Restlessness and worry<BR /><DIV>   5. Sceptical doubt </DIV><BR /><DIV><SPAN>Factors of Enlightenment</SPAN></DIV><BR />   1. Mindfulness<BR />   2. Investigation 3. Energy<BR />   4. Rapture<BR />   5. Tranquillity 6. Concentration<BR />   7. Equanimity <BR /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV id="footer"><DIV id="footer_text">Copyright<SPAN class="jajahWraper"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. 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