This set of slides is from the Satipatthana Workshop conducted by Venerable Aggacitta at Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary between July 26-29, 2012. Permission is given to redistribute without any modifications, for non-commercial purposes only. These slide covers 4 Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and the interlink between the concepts of the Noble Eightfold Path.

1. Knowing the
4 Noble
Truths
as they have occurred
according to Dhammacakkapavattana
Sutta (SN 56:11)

2. 4 Noble Truths
1. Suffering
2. Origin of Suffering
3. Cessation of Suffering
4. Way Leading to the Cessation
of Suffering
Step 1: Identify Each Truth

3. 4 Noble Truths
1. Suffering—to be fully known
2. Origin of Suffering—to be
abandoned
3. Cessation of Suffering—to be
realised
4. Way Leading to the Cessation
of Suffering—to be developed
Step 2: Understand Each Task

4. 4 Noble Truths
1. Suffering—has been fully known
2. Origin of Suffering—has been
abandoned
3. Cessation of Suffering—has been
realised
4. Way Leading to the Cessation of
Suffering—has been developed
Step 3: Acknowledge Completion

5. 1. Suffering
● Birth, aging, illness, death
● Association with the unbeloved
● Separation from the loved
● Not to obtain what one wishes for
● In brief, the five aggregates
[subject to] clinging
is to be fully known

6. 2. Origin of Suffering
Craving
which brings renewal of being,
accompanied by delight and lust,
and delights in this and that—
● Craving for sensual pleasures
● Craving for being
● Craving for non-being
is to be abandoned

7. 3. Cessation of Suffering
The remainderless detachment
from and cessation of that very
craving—
● the renunciation
● relinquishment
● release
● letting go
is to be realised

8. 4. Way to Cessation of Suffering
The Noble Eightfold Path—
1. Right view 5. Right livelihood
2. Right thought 6. Right effort
3. Right speech 7. Right mindfulness
4. Right action 8. Right composure
is to be developed

9. Way to Develop Satipaṭṭhāna
The Noble Eightfold Path—
1. Right view 5. Right livelihood
2. Right thought 6. Right effort
3. Right speech 7. Right mindfulness
4. Right action 8. Right composure
This is called the way leading to the develop-
ment of the establishment of mindfulness.
(SN 47:40)

10. Linear Development of N8P
10 Right Liberation
9 RK
1 RV 8 RC
2 RT 7 RM
Sīla
3 RS 6 RE Samādhi
Paññā
4 RA 5 RL

11. Complex Development of N8P
Liberation
Detachment
1RV1 1RV2 Weariness
6RE 7RM 8RC
1RV1=Info & Intelligence
2RT 1RV2=Insight
3RS 5RL Sīla Samādhi Paññā
4RA