The Four Noble Truths

After gaining Enlightenment, The Buddha discovered the Four Noble Truths.

1. All being are subjected to sufferings (Dukkha)

The Buddha said, "Birth is suffering, Life is suffering, Sickness is
suffering, death is suffering, decay is suffering, to be parted from
love ones is suffering and to be united with the unpleasant is
suffering."

2. Sufferings arises from desires and cravings.

All of us crave for pleasant feelings and sensations, and also the
desire to avoid unpleasant ones. These sensations can be physical or
psychological, and sufferings occur when these desires or cravings are
not met.

3. Sufferings can be overcome by the elimination of desires and cravings.

Nibbana is the state of peace where all greed, hatred, and delusion,
and thereby sufferings have been destroyed.

4. There is a way out of suffering or dukkha,which is the Noble Eightfold
Path.

Sufferings can be reduced, weakened and finally destroyed and Nibbana
thereby achieved, by following this path taught by the Buddha