THE BUDDHA and HIS TEACHINGS

FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

1. Existence of Sorrow
2. Cause of Sorrow
3. Cessation of Sorrow
4. Way which leads to the cessation of Sorrow

FIVE PRECEPTS

1. Abstain from killing
2. Abstain from stealing
3. Abstain from adultery
4. Abstain from lying
5. Abstain from liquor

EIGHT FOLD PATH

1. Right Understanding (free from superstition and delusion)
2. Right Thought (high and worthy of the intelligent)
3. Right Speech (kindly, open and truthful)
4. Right Actions (peaceful, honest and pure)
5. Right Livelihood (not bringing hurt or danger to living beings)
6. Right Effort (in self-training and in self-control)
7. Right Mindfulness (active watchful mind)
8. Right Concentration (in deep meditation on the realities of life)

ACTS OF MERIT

1. Give charity to the deserving
2. Observe the percepts of morality
3. Cultivate and develop good thoughts
4. Render service and attend on others
5. Honour and nurse parents and elders
6. Give a share of ur merits to others
7. Accept the merits that others give u
8. Hear the doctrine of righteousness
9. Preach the doctrine of righteousness
10. Rectify ur faults