Four Noble Truths

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

But the nature of the complaint from which man suffers, and also the remedy for it, are described most clearly in the "Four Noble Truths" set forth in the opening sermon at Benares.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan