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The '''Four Noble Truths''' are the central teaching of [[Buddhism]], declared by [[Gautama Buddha]]. They are:
The '''Four Noble Truths''' (Pali: ''cattari ariya saccani'') are the central teaching of [[Buddhism]], declared by [[Gautama Buddha]].
# Life means suffering
# Suffering is caused by attachment to fleeting things
The Buddha first expounded the Four Noble Truths several weeks after his Enlightenment to a group of former companions in the Deer Park at Isipatana. This discourse is recounted in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ("Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth") (Samyutta Nikaya 56.11).
# The elimination of attachment is possible
# The [[Noble Eightfold Path]] is the means by which to do this.
The Four Noble Truths are:
#''dukkha'' ("suffering") – Life means suffering.
#''samudaya'' ("origin") – Suffering is caused by desire for and attachment to sensual pleasure and existence itself, and by ignorance of the true nature of the self and reality.
#''nirodha'' ("cessation") – Suffering can be ended by letting go of these desires and attachments and by overcoming this ignorance.
#''magga'' ("the path") – The [[Noble Eightfold Path]] is the means by which to accomplish this.
==External Links==
==External Links==
*The Big View - [http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html The Four Noble Truths]
*Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism – [http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta]
*The Big View – [http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html The Four Noble Truths]
[[category:Buddhism]]
[[category:Buddhism]]