1st noble truth: There is suffering. Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is suffering, sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering, association with the loathed is suffering, dissociation from the loved is suffering, not to get what one wants is suffering. In short, suffering is clinging onto the five aggregates is suffering.
2nd noble truth: There is a cause of suffering. Craving is the cause of suffering. Craving for sensual desires (kamatanha), craving for being (bhavatanha) and craving for non-being (vibhavatanha).
3rd noble truth: There is an end to suffering. It is fading, ceasing, giving up, relinquishing, letting go and rejecting, of that same craving that ends suffering.
4th Noble truth: There is a path that leads to the end of suffering which is the noble eightfold path. The 8 factors aim to promote and perfect the three essentials of Buddhist training and discipline: Sila (morality), Samadhi (Meditation) and panna (wisdom).
The First Noble Truth is to be realized in 3 phases: • Suffering, as a noble truth, is this • This suffering, as a noble truth, should be comprehended • This suffering, as a noble truth, has been comprehended
The Second Noble Truth is realized in 3 phases: • The origin of suffering, as a noble truth, is this. • This origin of suffering, as a noble truth, can be abandoned. • This origin of suffering, as a noble truth, has been abandoned.
The Third Noble truth is realized in 3 phases: • Cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, is this. • This cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, can be verified. • This cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, has been verified.
The Forth Noble truth is realized in 3 phases: • The way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, is this. • This way leading to cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, can be developed. • This way leading to the cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, has been developed.