Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha And Magga

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The Four Noble Truths are Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and, Magga. Dukkha means suffering, Samudaya is the element of suffering, nirodha deals with the end of suffering and Magga refers to the path to take to stop suffering.
The passage states how the world is filled with suffering. This relates back to The Noble Truth of Dukkha. “In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering (Buddha 280).” He also generally mentions the truth of suffering and how to stop desire. To stop desire one has to remove it from their life and follow the Noble Path stages. This means having Right ideas, resolution, speech, behavior, vocation, effort, mindfulness, and concentration (Buddha 281). Then, the author states that one

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