Four Noble Truths

Four Noble Truths - pakpé denpa shyi [Tib.], at the first turning of the wheel of the Dharma after attaining enlightenment, Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths. They are:-

• the truth of suffering, which is to be understood,
• the truth of the origin of suffering, which is to be abandoned,
• the truth of cessation, which is to be actualized, and
• the truth of the path, which is to be relied upon.