Idea

The Four Noble Truths

Life is suffering. Suffering has a cause. The cause can be ended. There is a path to the end of suffering. The Buddha's entire teaching in four sentences.

Thinkers Who Shaped This Idea

Classical India· 600 BCE–550 CE

The Buddha

c. 563 BCE – c. 483 BCE

Ashvaghosha

c. 80 CE – c. 150 CE

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