Eckhart Tolle explains Buddha's two core truths: suffering is inevitable in human experience, and it stems from unconscious mental patterns we can recognize and dissolve. Understanding both the origin and end of suffering is central to Buddhist practice.
The cornerstone of the Buddha's teaching, one of them is— there are basically two. One is, no matter where you go and what you do, you're not going to be happy for long, and you're going to find some degree or some measure of unhappiness in whatever form. It will come no matter what. The second truth of the Buddha is when he said in the scriptures, I teach suffering and the end of suffering. When he said, I teach suffering, he means I show you how you make yourself suffer. And I teach the end of suffering means I show you how this unconscious pattern can come to an end.
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