The Four Noble Truths Dharma JUL/22/ 2023—JUL / 23/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. Two thousand and five hundred years ago, the prince of Kapilavastu, whose name was Siddhāttha Gotama attained the enlightenment after seven days of sitting meditation under the Bodhi tree. He became the well-known Buddha Sakyamuni. After his enlightenment, he kept silent for seven weeks. Finally, he walked to saraṅga-nāthá from Bodhgaya and taught the Four Noble Truths Dharma for the five bhiksu. What exactly is “the Four Noble Truth”? Why did the Buddha taught it at the first turning of the Dharma wheel? Dukkha, samudaya (“arising,” “coming together”),…