Buddhism

===Four Noble Truths===
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[[File:Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Dharmacakra Discourse.jpeg|thumb|right|alt=color manuscript illustration of Buddha teaching the [[Four Noble Truths]], Nalanda, Bihar, India|The Buddha teaching the Four Noble Truths. [[Sanskrit]] manuscript. [[Nalanda]], Bihar, India]]

The Four Noble Truths, or the truths of the [[Arhat|Noble Ones]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Four-Noble-Truths |title=Four Noble Truths: BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=31 March 2024 |quote=Although the term Four Noble Truths is well known in English, it is a misleading translation of the Pali term Chattari-ariya-saccani (Sanskrit: Chatvari-arya-satyani), because noble (Pali: ariya; Sanskrit: arya) refers not to the truths themselves but to those who recognize and understand them. A more accurate rendering, therefore, might be 'four truths for the [spiritually] noble'}}</ref> taught in Buddhism are:
* ''[[Dukkha]]'' ("not being at ease", "suffering") is an innate characteristic of the perpetual cycle (''[[samsara]]'', {{literally|wandering}}) of [[Upādāna|grasping]] at things, ideas and habits
* ''Samudaya'' (origin, arising, combination; "cause"): ''dukkha'' is caused by ''[[taṇhā]]'' ("craving", "desire" or "attachment", literally "thirst")
* ''[[Nirodha]]'' (cessation, ending, confinement): ''dukkha'' can be ended or contained by the confinement or letting go of ''taṇhā''
* ''Marga'' (path): the path leading to the confinement of ''taṇhā'' and ''dukkha'', classically the [[Noble Eightfold Path]] but sometimes [[Buddhist paths to liberation|other paths to liberation]]