The Four Noble Truths
Dukkha The human conditions is one of suffering / unsatisfactoriness
Samudaya Suffering is caused by tanha (craving/attachment)
Nirodha Suffering stops when craving/attachment are let go
Marga To stop suffering follow the Eightfold Path
The Four Noble Truths These are the basis of all Buddhist teaching They were the subject of the Buddha’s first sermon (The Sermon at Deer Park) Buddhists use the analogy of doctor to explain them: The Buddha is the doctor who makes the diagnosis that something is ‘wrong’ – Dukkha The diagnosis of the cause of the illness is craving tanha There is a cure; it is to achieve nibbana The prescription is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path
Buddhists say that all life is suffering; nothing can be further from the truth. Discuss 6AE