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Four Noble Truths, one of the fundamental doctrines of Buddhism, said to have been set forth by the Buddha, the founder of the religion, in his first sermon, which he gave after his enlightenment. Although the term Four Noble Truths is well known in English, it is a misleading translation of the Pali term Chattari-ariya-saccani (Sanskrit ...
The Buddha's first sermon after his enlightenment centered on the Four Noble Truths, which are the foundation of Buddhism. One way to understand the concept is to view the Truths as hypotheses, and Buddhism as the process of verifying those hypotheses—or realizing the truth of the Truths.
The truths are understood as the realization which led to the enlightenment of the Buddha (l. c. 563 - c. 483 BCE) and were the basis of his teachings. The Four Noble Truths are: Life is suffering. The cause of suffering is craving. The end of suffering comes with an end to craving.
In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized: catvāryāryasatyāni; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni; "The Four arya satya") are "the truths of the noble one (the Buddha)," [a] [b] a statement of how things really are when they are seen correctly.
In his 45-year career crisscrossing the Ganges Plain in northern India, the Buddha gave a wealth of profound teachings. But underlying them all were the four noble truths: There is suffering. There is a cause of suffering. There is an end to suffering. The way out is the eightfold path.
The Four Noble Truths are the central doctrine of Buddhism; they are said to provide a conceptual framework for all of Buddhist thought. The four noble truths are: [lower-alpha 1] The truth of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness) The truth of the origin of dukkha; The truth of the cessation of dukkha