how to understand Four Noble Truths

Key Takeaway: The foundational teaching of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama: 1) Dukkha — suffering, dissatisfaction, and impermanence are universal to existence; 2) Samudaya — suffering arises from craving, attachment, and ignorance; 3) Nirodha — suffering can cease; 4) Magga — the Eightfold Path leads to the cessation of suffering.

The foundational teaching of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama: 1) Dukkha — suffering, dissatisfaction, and impermanence are universal to existence; 2) Samudaya — suffering arises from craving, attachment, and ignorance; 3) Nirodha — suffering can cease; 4) Magga — the Eightfold Path leads to the cessation of suffering. They are not doctrines to believe but diagnoses to understand -- the Buddha as physician of the human condition.

According to the Buddha's teachings as preserved in the Buddhist sutras and the Dharma, The foundational teaching of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama: 1) Dukkha — suffering, dissatisfaction, and impermanence are universal to existence; 2) Samudaya — suffering arises from craving, attachment, and ignorance; 3) Nirodha — suffering can cease; 4) Magga — the Eightfold Path leads to the cessation of suffering.

— Oriens