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Four Noble Truths

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plural noun

  1. the doctrines of Buddha: all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is ignorant desire, this desire can be destroyed, the means to this is the Eightfold Path.


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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

Ye that will tread the Middle Road, whose course      Bright Reason traces and soft Quiet smoothes; Ye who will take the high Nirvana-way,      List the Four Noble Truths.

From The Light of Asia by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

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