Question

This concept, together with anicca or impermanence, and anattā or the “non-self,” are considered the three marks of existence. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this Sanskrit term, whose association with age, disease, and death was first witnessed by a man during his “Four Sights.” The root of this concept derives from taṇhā.
ANSWER: dukkha [prompt on suffering or pain or unhappiness]
[10e] Dukkha is the first of these four Buddhist tenets taught during the Deer Park Sermon. The last of these tenets is the Eightfold Path.
ANSWER: Four Noble Truths
[10m] In Hindu thought, release of dukkha allows one to achieve this emancipation from samsara often equated with the Buddhist concept of nirvana. In Jainism, souls classified as abhavya cannot achieve this status.
ANSWER: moksha [or mukti; accept vimoksha and vimukti]
<Ethan Ashbrook, RMP - Buddhism&gt; ~23189~ &lt;Editor: Kevin Thomas>

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