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Religious Studies
AQA GCSE Religious Studies A
Study of Religions: Beliefs, Teachings and Practices
Buddhism
Four Noble Truths
AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062
Four Noble Truths
The Buddha and the Four Noble Truths
What you need to know
Analyze the Four Noble Truths and their role in Buddhist teaching.
Describe suffering (dukkha), including its different types.
Explain the causes of suffering (samudaya), specifically the Three Poisons of ignorance, greed, and hate.
Understand the end of craving (tanha) and various interpretations of nibbana (nirvana) and Enlightenment.
Evaluate the Eightfold Path (magga) as the route to nibbana or nirvana.
Describe the Eightfold Path as the Threefold Way: ethics (sila), meditation (samadhi), and wisdom (panna).
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