What are the Four Noble truths of Buddhism, in simple terms?

Answer 1

The Four Noble Truths in simple terms:

1. Life means suffering.

2. The origin of suffering is attachment.

3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.

4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html

Answer 2

The Heart of the Buddha's teaching lies in the Four Noble Truths/the Noble Eightfold Path.

The Four Noble Truths:

1) Unsatisfactoriness of worldly conditions - Dukha, often expressed as 'suffering'

2) The arising or origin of Dukha - (unsatifactoriness) is craving or 'selfish attachments'.

3) The Cessation (ending) of Dukha is attainable

4) The Middle Way leading to cessation of Dukha is through mindfully following the Noble Eightfold Path.

The Noble Eightfold Path to Happiness: note- the word right in the Pali language means Skillful

1) Right or Skillful Understanding

2) Right or Skillful Thoughts

3) Right or Skillful Speech

4) Right or Skillful Action

5) Right or Skillful Livelihood

6) Right or Skillful Effort

7) Right or Skillful Mindfulness

8) Right or Skillful Concentration

*An important aspect of Buddhism is patience and tolerance toward 'all' people of 'all' religious beliefs. The Buddha emphasized the sacredness of all living creatures: Do no harm to any living thing, especially human beings.

The Main types of Meditation practiced by most Buddhists are Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-kindness Meditation.

The Five Precepts are important principles to follow for Buddhsits: they are actually part of the Noble Eightfold Path, falling under Right/Skillful Actions.

A few other important Buddhist terms: the Divine Abodes, Impermanence, and Anatta.

An excellent Book to read, which explains in simple terms
the Noble Eightfold Path as well as many, many other important teachings and principles of Buddhism is
"Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness"
By: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.

Metta to all.

Answer 3

The Four Noble Truths are the first step in Buddhist instruction.
The Buddha realized these things while meditating and delivered them to his disciples. The nature of suffering. The cause of suffering. The cessation of suffering. The way. Please see the Wikipedia entry for a further explanation. If you are interested in study, there are several websites where there is a wealth of free info. See: www.Tricycle.com http://www.accesstoinsight.org/
There are different traditions of Buddhism also, as there are different denominations in protestantism. Mahayana, Tibetan, Theravada and Zen to name a few.

Answer 4

1. Everyone who lives suffers.
2. The cause of this suffering is longing, attachment, wishing.
(Even if you get what you wish, you will eventually lose it, or you will fear its loss, so the entire course of life involves one disappointment, real or anticipated, after another.)
3. It is possible to bring about an end to suffering.
4. The way to bring about the end to suffering is to follow the 8-fold path (taught by the Buddha).

The eightfold path is characterized as follows:

1. Right Speech
2. Right Actions
3. Right Livelihood
4. Right Effort
5. Right Mindfulness
6. Right Meditation
7. Right Understanding
8. Right Thoughts

Answer 5

hey I'm not a Buddhist, but I've studied different religions.
simply, the four noble truths are
ignoring desire, because desire is the cause of suffering, and without desire, all of us would be happy, and the last one is about following the eight-fold path(another part of Buddhism's teachings)

Answer 6

The first Noble Truth, suffering, is to be understood. It is like an illness that we wish to be free from. The second Noble Truth, origin, is to be abandoned. It is the cause of the illness. The third Noble Truth, cessation, is to be achieved. It is freedom from the illness. The fourth Noble Truth, path, is to be followed. It is the "way out" of suffering. In other words, the Four Noble Truths is a prescription for true happiness.

Answer 7

1. Correct thought - not wishing to harm others
2. Correct action - avoiding killing and stealing
3. Correct livelihood - making one's living with the above in mind
4. Correct understanding - cultivating genuine wisdom

p.s. Thanks for all the thumbs down - that is quite in keeping with the Correct Action. May you one day begin to cultivate a little wisdom - all four of you.

Answer 8

idk. try christianity. the only religion where god is reaching down to man instead of man reaching up to god. im not hatin or anything. just trying to love on others by sharing what i believe to be the truth. god bless