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Four Noble Truths

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Four Noble Truths

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Also known as catvāri ārya-satyāni, cattāri ariya-saccāni, the Truths of the Noble Ones, four holy truths

basic framework of Buddhist thought

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The Four Noble Truths are Buddhism's core teaching that life involves suffering, that suffering has a cause (craving and attachment), that suffering can end, and that there is a path to end it. This framework matters because it provides the foundational diagnosis and solution that guide Buddhist practice and philosophy.

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The Buddha teaching the Four Noble Truths. Sanskrit manuscript, c. 700–1100 CE. Nālandā, Bihar, India.

In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यान, romanized: catvāryāryasatyāni; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni; "The Four arya satya") are "the truths of the noble one (the Buddha)," a statement of how things really are when they are seen correctly. The four truths are

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