Lung-Tan Lu

Department of Management, Fo Guang University, Taiwan

The Four Noble Truths (Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni), namely: (1) the “Noble Truth of Suffering”, (2) the “Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering”, (3) the “Noble Truth of the Ending of Suffering” and (4) the “Noble Truth of the Way to Ending Suffering” are the fundamental Dharma of Siddhartha Gautama. Mr. Jason Chou was the founder of Taiwan Shinshun Corporation (TWSS). He experienced to do volunteer works at Sudan Temple and received karmic reward of making profits extensively. However, a fire devoured the TPU factory of the TWSS Company in 2012. It is the first time he epiphanies the Noble Truth of Suffering. Mr. Chou sold all the TWSS Company's shares to BASF in 2015, hoping to concentrate on cultivation compassion, and promoting the Dharma in the future.

Siddhartha Gautama, Dukkha, Suffering, Sacca, Entrepreneur, Hsing Yu

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