Four Noble Truths
Americanplural noun
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The Four Noble Truths acknowledge that pain and disappointment are an unavoidable part of life and that by focusing on spiritual matters via the Eightfold Path, pain and suffering can be overcome.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He thanked his support groups and said that embracing the Buddhist ideologies of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path has strengthened his Catholic faith.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021
In the synopsis of the plot that Sellars wrote for the program book, he refers to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019
In Buddhist philosophy one of the Four Noble Truths is the cessation of the sense of suffering.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2012
A. The knowledge of the "Four Noble Truths," as the Buddha called them.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Olcott, Henry Steel
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