The teachings of the Four Noble Truths allow Buddhists to ... An unavoidable fact of existence according to the first Noble Truth of Buddhism. means suffering. It is the idea that everything ...

Does our inescapable suffering stem from our own greed and ignorance? Buddha thought so.

One day, after having given up asceticism, he became enlightened through meditation under a bodhi tree. And so, he became known as “Buddha” or “enlightened one.” The Four Noble Truths were his first ...