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How to Knowingly Practice

The Four Noble Truths
of the Enlightened
The First Teaching of Buddha Shakyamuni

Excerpt from The Buddha Path 3rd Edition. Composed by His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
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!The First Enlightened Truth! !The Third Enlightened Truth!
Namo Buddhaya! Namo Buddhaya!
All my suffering is the result All my happiness is the result
of my negative thinking and negative karma. of my positive thinking and positive karma.
This is The First Noble Truth of the Enlightened, This is The Third Noble Truth of the Enlightened,
which contains all wisdom regarding suffering. which contains all wisdom regarding happiness.
Emaho! Emaho!
Now I understand suffering Now I understand happiness and
and why I and all beings suffer. why I and all beings are happy.
Therefore, to end the suffering of all beings, Therefore, to ensure the true happiness of all beings,
I will accomplish the perfection of my positive I will accomplish the cessation of my negative
thinking and positive karma. thinking and negative karma.
Dza!ya Dza!ya Su!dza!ya! Dza!ya Dza!ya Su!dza!ya!

!The Second Enlightened Truth! !The Fourth Enlightened Truth!

Namo Buddhaya!
My negative thinking and negative karma
are the causes of all my suffering
and the conditions of all beings’ suffering.
This is The Second Noble Truth of the Enlightened,
which contains all wisdom regarding the causes of suffering.
Emaho!
Now I know the causes and conditions
of my suffering and all beings’ suffering.
Therefore,
I will decrease my negative thinking and negative karma
through learning, contemplation, and meditation.
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Namo Buddhaya!
My positive thinking and positive karma
are the causes of all my happiness
and the conditions of all beings’ happiness.
This is The Fourth Noble Truth of the Enlightened,
which contains all wisdom regarding the causes of happiness.
Emaho!
Now I know the causes and conditions
of my happiness and all beings’ happiness.
Therefore,
I will increase my positive thinking and positive karma
through learning, contemplation, and meditation.

Dza!ya Dza!ya Su!dza!ya!" Dza!ya Dza!ya Su!dza!ya!"

Emaho! means “Amazing!” Dza!ya Dza!ya Su!dza!ya means “Victory, victory, excellent victory!
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