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-See the teachings attributed to Buddha are really useful. There's the [[Four Noble Truths]] which lay out why none of us are ever happy and what we can do about it. There's the [[the_truth|Three Marks of Existence]] that teach us where we're going wrong. There's the [[Noble Eightfold Path]] which is actually the fourth of the [[Four Noble Truths]] that points us in right direction.+See, the teachings attributed to Buddha are really useful. There's the [[Four Noble Truths]] which lay out why none of us are ever happy and what we can do about it. There's the [[the_truth|Three Marks of Existence]] that teach us where we're going wrong. There's the [[Noble Eightfold Path]] which is actually the fourth of the [[Four Noble Truths]] that points us in right direction.
  
 To me Buddhism, meaning the teachings of the Buddha, is a practical self-help guide more than anything else. It's basic premise is that our problem is mostly how we look at and think about the world. We're all screwed up about how things really are and  To me Buddhism, meaning the teachings of the Buddha, is a practical self-help guide more than anything else. It's basic premise is that our problem is mostly how we look at and think about the world. We're all screwed up about how things really are and