4 Noble Truths – the 4 necessary realizations that must be made in order to enter an experience equivalent to Buddha’s.
1. Noble Truth of Unsatisfactoriness – teaching that life as it is perceived and handled by most people cannot but lead to dissatisfaction.
2. Noble Truth of Arising – suffering has a cause.
3. Noble Truth of Cessation of Suffering – after suffering arises it must also disappear.
4. Noble Truth of the Way – the eight steps to achieve nirvana.
a. Right View
b. Right Intention
c. Right Speech
d. Right Action
e. Right Livelihood
f. Right Effort
g. Right Mindfulness
h. Right Concentration
Source: Patterns of Religion
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