Four Noble Truths

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Buddhist doctrine core Buddhist teaching religious concept

The Four Noble Truths are the foundational Buddhist teachings that diagnose the nature of suffering and outline the path to its cessation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Four Noble Truths canonical	28
Dukkha Ariyasacca	1
Dukkha-samudaya Ariyasacca	1
First Noble Truth	1
First Sermon of the Buddha	1
Third Noble Truth	1
Truth of the cessation of suffering	1
Truth of the origin of suffering	1
cattāri ariyasaccāni	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist doctrine ⓘ core Buddhist teaching ⓘ religious concept ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cattāri Ariyasaccāni ⓘ Four Arya Truths ⓘ
articulatedBy	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
centralTheme	cessation of suffering ⓘ path to liberation ⓘ suffering ⓘ
describes	cause of suffering ⓘ ending of suffering ⓘ existence of dukkha ⓘ path to end suffering ⓘ
epistemicStatus	to be realized through direct insight ⓘ
firstDiscourse	Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
firstTaughtAt	Dhamek Stupa ⓘ surface form: Deer Park at Sarnath
formsPartOf	Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ surface form: Buddha’s first sermon
function	diagnosis of suffering ⓘ prescription for ending suffering ⓘ
hasPart	Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Noble Truth Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Fourth Noble Truth Truth of suffering ⓘ surface form: Second Noble Truth Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Noble Truth
identifies	Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Noble Eightfold Path
keyIdea	cessation of craving leads to cessation of suffering ⓘ life is characterized by suffering, unsatisfactoriness, and stress ⓘ suffering arises from craving and attachment ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Pali ⓘ
name	Truth of suffering ⓘ Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Truth of the cessation of suffering Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Truth of the origin of suffering Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering
numberOfTruths	4 ⓘ
paliName	Cattāri Ariyasaccāni ⓘ Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dukkha Ariyasacca Dukkha-nirodha Ariyasacca ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Dukkha-nirodha-gāminī-paṭipadā Ariyasacca Four Noble Truths self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dukkha-samudaya Ariyasacca
relatedConcept	dependent origination ⓘ surface form: Dependent Origination Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Noble Eightfold Path Three Marks of Existence ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
roleInPractice	framework for Buddhist meditation and ethics ⓘ
sanskritName	Catvāri Āryasatyāni ⓘ
tradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism Vajrayana ⓘ surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism

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