The Four Noble Truths are the core aspects of Buddha’s teachings. It was through these four ethics that Buddha reached enlightenment. These four noble truths include: The truth of suffering (Dukkha), the truth behind the origin of suffering (Samudāya), the truth of ending suffering (Nirodha), and The truth of the path leading to the end of suffering (Magga). Like Abhishek Goshs’ metaphor of the scholar and the practitioner to the doctor and the mother, the same idea can be applied here. Let’s say Buddha is the physician. In the first two Noble Truths our problem which is suffering is diagnosed and is then we determine the truth of our suffering (identify the cause of our problem). The third Noble Truth is hope, awareness and understanding that …show more content…
The fourth Noble Truth is the path which one follows to attain liberation from suffering, it is the prescription given by Buddha. According to Buddha in order to solve the problem of eternal suffering, we have to follow these paths till we reach liberation. The First Noble Truth is the point in which we face the facts that we aren’t truly happy. Suffering in comes in many shapes and sizes. The three sights of suffering that Buddha sees on his journey are old age, sickness and death. But Buddha goes on to say that our suffering is so much more than that. He says we suffer because life frequently fails us for it doesn’t live up to these high expectations we have. Not all suffer from visible or surface causes like illness etc., but a lot of us feel unfulfilled or unsatisfied and that according to Buddha is the truth of suffering. The second Noble Truth, the origin of suffering. Now that we know that we are in fact “suffering” that the truth has been revealed, lets us figure out why? According to Buddha the