Buddha’s Four-Step Design Thinking Approach to Deal with Suffering.
Buddha at age of 29, left his palace to find his true self. On the way, he saw almost everyone suffering from one or another thing. He was depressed and tried to overcome all these by living the life of an ascetic. He during his journey to find answers had found that meditation is the only way. Buddha then sat under the popular pipal tree and continuously meditated for 49 days and after that, he got enlightenment.
During his enlightenment process, he conceived a contingency plan for dealing with the suffering of humans. And he taught his enlightened thoughts to his five disciples. These teachings are called Noble Truths.
The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths comprise the essence of Buddha’s teachings,
1.Dukkha — What is the suffering that people are going through due to disease, old age, rebirth, jealousy, and what not? Empathize it.
2.Samudaya — Why are they suffering? What are the reasons for their suffering? Analyze it.
3.Nirodha — Finding a Solution to resolve the reasons for suffering.
4.Magga — Living Correctly by Implementing the Right Knowledge, Right Attitude, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Means of Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Awareness, and Right Meditation.
Anyone Who knows the basics of design thinking will have a wow factor because these four noble truths are nothing but design thinking. Observing the Design Thinking pattern in 2500 years old Buddhist Teachings is really a great excitement. And it also confirms Design thinking is one of the best methodologies for problem-solving.
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