The Noble Truth of the Way

“We say 'Noble Truth of the Way'. This is nothing more than the treasures of Buddha, Dharma, Sangha and the right emancipation. Everyone say with an upside-down mind: 'There is no Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, or right emancipation. Birth and death are like ghosts’. They hold such views. As a result, they recycle between birth and death through the three worlds [of desire, matter and spirit], suffering greatly there for a long time to come. If a person awakens and comes to see that the Tathagata is Eternal, that no change affects him, and that the same applies to the Dharma, Sangha and emancipation, by this thought the person will get unrestricted freedom through countless ages to come and it will enjoy it as wills. Why? Because once in the past, due to the four inversions, I took the non-Dharma as Dharma and suffered by innumerable karmic consequences. When I made away with such views, I attained the true awakening to the Buddhahood. This is the Noble Truth of the Way. Any person who says that the Three Treasures are non-eternal, and holds this view of life, this is a false way of practice and is not the Noble Truth of the Way. If a person practices the Way so, having it as Eternal, such a person is my disciple. It abides in the true view of life and practice the teaching of the Four Noble Truths."

Bodhisattva Kasyapa said to the Buddha: "Oh World Honored One! Now, for the first time, I come to know and practice the great depths of the Four Noble Truths."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 10 - On the Four Noble Truths.