The First Noble Truth and the Wisdom of No Escape

Kenneth Leong
4 min readApr 14, 2024

While the Four Noble Truths are considered a fundamental teaching of Buddhism, they must be better understood even among Buddhists. Yesterday, I posted a statement in a Buddhist group. I said, “The First Noble Truth has been grossly misunderstood. It may help to present it as The Wisdom of No Escape.”

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Kenneth Leong

Author, Zen teacher, scientific mystic, professor, photographer, philosopher, social commentator, socially engaged human