first noble truth dukkha

Key Takeaway: These truths were the subject of the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park.

These truths were the subject of the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park. 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, These truths were the subject of the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park.

— Oriens