An unavoidable fact of existence according to the first Noble Truth of Buddhism. means suffering. It is the idea that everything leads to suffering and therefore unsatisfactoriness. Buddhists ...

representing the Noble Eightfold Path and the teachings of the Buddha. The Four Noble Truths are the basis of the Buddha’s teachings, and they explain why people suffer and how they can end that ...

And so, he became known as “Buddha” or “enlightened one.” The Four Noble Truths were his first teaching, given to a handful of close disciples. Life is suffering (dukkha) The origin of suffering is ...

wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> It’s right there, the first of the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha: “Existence is suffering.” If that’s not your bag, you can turn to the wisdom of ...

Nuns learn from and with each other, as they become free from the human condition of suffering, one of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths. Consider the following verses from the Therigatha.