Friends: The 4 Noble Truths are the Core of Buddhism! 
1: This is Suffering! Suffering is of three kinds: a: Obvious suffering, which is any bodily pain and any mental sadness. b: Suffering due to change includes also pleasant feeling as this indeed also becomes quite disappointing, when it inevitably changes, fades, and vanishes. c: Suffering due to construction is all that is conditioned, since all this thus later inevitably will fall apart. This also includes any object, which induces a neutral feeling. This 1st Noble Truth, that points out that all worldly things ultimately speaking is Suffering, has to be fully understood in all aspects...

2: Craving is the Cause of Suffering! Craving is of three kinds: a: Craving for sensing forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, & mental states. b: Craving for becoming. (ex: May I become rich, forever young, famous...) c: Craving for non-becoming (ex: May I not become sick, nor old, nor dead!) This Second Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering has to be eliminated...

3: Absence of Craving is the End of Suffering! a: Not craving any sense stimuli of any kind... b: Not craving for any kind of becoming this or that in the future... c: Not craving any non-becoming, but accepting all ills that inevitably come... This 3rd Noble Truth on the End of Suffering has to be accomplished!
 
4: The Noble 8-Fold Way is the Method to End Suffering! Which Noble 8-fold Way has to be developed in order to end all suffering? Right View (sammā-ditthi) Right Motivation (sammā-sankappa) Right Speech (sammā-vācā) Right Action (sammā-kammanta) Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva) Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma) Right Awareness (sammā-sati) Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi) This Fourth Noble Truth on the Way to End Suffering has to be completed.
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The 4 Noble Truths!

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