"the truths of the Noble Ones", the truths or realities for the "spiritually worthy ones".
The truths are:
- dukkha
- (literally "suffering"; here "unsatisfactoriness,"
- from dush-stha, "standing unstable,
- is an innate characteristic of existence in the realm of samsara;
- samudaya
- (origin, arising, combination; 'cause'):
- dukkha arises or continues with taṇhā ("craving, desire or attachment, lit. 'thirst').
- While taṇhā is traditionally interpreted in western languages as the 'cause' of dukkha, tanha can also be seen as the factor tying us to dukkha, or as a response to dukkha, trying to escape it;[
- nirodha
- (cessation, ending, confinement):
- dukkha can be ended or contained by the renouncement or letting go of this taṇhā; the confinement of taṇhā releases the excessive bind of dukkha;
- marga
- (path, Noble Eightfold Path)
- is the path leading to the confinement of tanha and dukkha.[1
