The Four Noble Truths are not something to argue about, but something to practice and realize.
The First Noble Truth:
This is suffering (dukkha). The root meaning of suffering of the
Chinese character is "bitter". Thus happiness is sweet, suffering is bitter.
We all suffer to some extent.
The Second Noble Truth:
Is the:
origin
roots
nature
creation/arising (samudaya) of suffering.
The Third Noble Truth:
This is the cessation (nirodha) of creating suffering, by
ceasing to do the things which make us suffer. This truth is that healing is possible.
The Fourth Noble Truth:
Is the path (marga) that leads to refraining from doing the
things that make us suffer. There is a path to end suffering. The Buddha called this The
Noble Eightfold Path.
See The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching Transforming Suffering
into Peace, Joy and Liberation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rider, London, 1998.
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