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.

Aliases (9)

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 → surface form: "First Noble Truth" Eightfold Path → surface form: "Fourth Noble Truth" Truth of suffering → surface form: "Second Noble Truth" Four Noble Truths → 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 → surface form: "Truth of the cessation of suffering" Four Noble Truths → 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 → surface form: "Dukkha Ariyasacca" Dukkha-nirodha Ariyasacca → Eightfold Path → surface form: "Dukkha-nirodha-gāminī-paṭipadā Ariyasacca" Four Noble Truths → 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"

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarnath → associatedWithEvent → Four Noble Truths →

this entity surface form: "First Sermon of the Buddha"

Flag of Ceylon → boLeavesRepresent → Four Noble Truths →

Shakyamuni Buddha → centralTeaching → Four Noble Truths →

Buddhism → coreTeaching → Four Noble Truths →

Theravada → coreTeaching → Four Noble Truths →

Buddha → discusses → Four Noble Truths →

subject surface form: "Buddha (book)"

Four Noble Truths → hasPart → Four Noble Truths →

this entity surface form: "First Noble Truth"

Four Noble Truths → hasPart → Four Noble Truths →

this entity surface form: "Third Noble Truth"

Four Noble Truths → name → Four Noble Truths →

subject surface form: "Second Noble Truth"

this entity surface form: "Truth of the origin of suffering"

Four Noble Truths → name → Four Noble Truths →

subject surface form: "Third Noble Truth"

this entity surface form: "Truth of the cessation of suffering"

Four Noble Truths → paliName → Four Noble Truths →

subject surface form: "First Noble Truth"

this entity surface form: "Dukkha Ariyasacca"

Four Noble Truths → paliName → Four Noble Truths →

subject surface form: "Second Noble Truth"

this entity surface form: "Dukkha-samudaya Ariyasacca"

Asalha Puja → relatedConcept → Four Noble Truths →