' The Four Noble Truths '...

Awareness of these fundamental realities led the Buddha to formulate the Four Noble Truths:.. the truth of misery (dukkha;. literally “suffering” but connoting “uneasiness” or “dissatisfaction”),.. the truth that misery originates within the craving for pleasure and for being or nonbeing (samudaya),.. the truth that this craving can be eliminated (nirodhu),.. and the truth that this elimination is the result of following a methodical way or path (magga).......... from Brittanica