WORLD RELIGIONS

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BUDDHISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the fourth Noble Truth, how can people stop their desire in order to achieve enlightenment?
A
Follow the Ten Commandments
B
Follow the Eightfold Path
C
Get as many material possessions as possible.
D
Follow the 12-step Program
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Buddha taught that the way to extinguish desire, which causes suffering, is to liberate oneself from attachment. This is the third Noble Truth-the possibility of liberation.

Detailed explanation-2: -By recognizing the Four Noble Truths and following the Eightfold Path, a person could find release from craving and attachment to the things of the world and liberate oneself from the endless cycle of suffering experienced through rebirth and death.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four noble truths involve the understanding of the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation and how to cease it. Therefore, practitioners can apply the understanding of the psychological process of suffering to integrate suffering cessation into problem solving in daily life and thus end the suffering.

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