The Four Noble Truths described by Sidarta (Budha) are:
1 – The truth about suffering (Dukkha), life means suffering, since we
born, during our life, when we get old and finally when we die.
2 – The truth about the origin of suffering (Samudaya), the cause of all
suffering is desire, the desire for sexual things, for pleasure, for material
things, for power...
3 – The truth about the end of suffering (Nirodha), the cessation of
suffering is attainable, dispassion of all the desires...
4 – The truth about the path of the cessation of suffering (Magga), a
gradual path of self-improvement, which is described more detailed in the
Eightfold Path (Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right
Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration)
Suffering can be part of our life, it is possible to
say that it is almost impossible to born, grow up and died without not suffer
during all these years. The desire can always bring suffering. It is always
difficult to have a desire and not have it accomplished. You love someone and this
person does not love you, suffering. You would like to buy a new car and you
don’t have money for it, suffering. A person that we care a lot got sick and we
cannot do anything about it, suffering. Few sample that most of us or passed
through it or will pass for it but what always change is the way each of us can
handle it. It is always our own choice, we can suffer or we can learn from it.
We can understand that it will pass or we can keep suffering for something that
already happen, we can go on or get stuck in the past.
The Four Noble Truth help us to understand that the
cessation of suffering is attainable and guide us to a better understand of
life.
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