034. ONE THING ONLY
“I teach one thing and one only: that is suffering and the end of suffering.”
THE BUDDHA (THE ANURUDDHA SUTTA)
035. THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH
Suffering exists and all states of being are essentially unsatisfactory.
036. THE SECOND NOBLE TRUTH
All suffering and rebirth are caused by craving for existence, for non-existence or for pleasure.
037. THE THIRD NOBLE TRUTH
The extinction of desire will bring an end to suffering and rebirth.
038. THE FOURTH NOBLE TRUTH
There is a way to relinquish the constant agitation of desire: the Noble Eightfold Path.
039. ILLNESS AND CURE
“The truth of suffering is to be compared with a disease, the truth of the origin of suffering with the cause of the disease, the truth of the extinction of suffering with the cure of the disease and the truth of the Path with the medicine.”
THE VISUDDHIMAGGA