Four Noble Truths

Inner peace, harmony and true happiness are all being brought up in every religion and use it as a guide to live a joyful peaceful life. Finding eternal peace is what bonds religions together but each religion has their own approach on reaching it. For example, monotheistic religions ( believes in the existence to one god) such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam believes that in order to reach eternal peace, one has to accept the religion and god by heart, which means peace will develop according by our faith and when we accept the teaching taught by the the priest. It is also possible for one to reach his inner peace and live a good life without worshiping Gods or spiritual objects. Buddhism is one of the alternative way for reaching enlightenment,

These are the ideas he attained when he was meditating under the Bodhi Tree, which later will become one of the symbol representing the Buddha. The first noble truths is “the truth of suffering, it points to the fundamental reality that nobody is able to escape birth, old age, illness, and death” (Melton 181). Like Siddhartha said, life is full of suffering. one cannot escape it, when we seek for things that make us happy, like buying new clothes, purchasing expensive jewelry or dining at our favorite restaurant all can lead us to suffering because these things are not permanent and once it ends we will seek for more and return to the state of unhappiness. The second noble truth states “ Desire and thirst in our lives are the causes of suffering” (Melton 181). The second truth is similar to the first truth, Siddartha wants his followers to realize that people seek for objects that won’t last forever. Just like in the book Siddhartha, when Siddhartha followed Kamara to the city and begin to gamble and wear expensive clothing, he was happy during the time and thought that this life was going to last forever but soon he got tired of it and went back to being unhappy again. The third noble truth says “ It is possible to put an end to the suffering by overcoming desire and thirst” ( Melton 181). This is about telling people that it is not too late to end suffering, in order to end suffering, one has to learn to abandon and reject the cravings and learn to identify the unnecessary things in life and desert it. The Fourth Noble truth is “ the truth of the path to the Cessation of suffering, which consists of eight parts” ( Melton 181). This last noble truth leads to the Eightfold path, once you learn to live by the eightfold path and follow the Four Noble truth your suffering will