THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
1.Dukkha ariya sacca (noble truth of suffering)
Life is suffering. Life is at very least full of suffering, and it can easily be argued that suffering is an inevitable aspect of life. If I have senses, I can feel pain; if I have feelings, I can feel distress; if I have a capacity for love, I will have the capacity for grief. Such is life.
2.Dukkha samudaya ariya sacca (noble truth of origin of suffering)
Suffering is due to attachment. at least much of the suffering we experience comes out of ourselves, out of our desire to make pleasure, happiness, and love last forever and to make pain, distress, and grief disappear from life altogether.
3.Dukkha nirodha ariya sacca (noble truth of extinction of suffering)
Suffering can be extinguished. At least that suffering we add to the inevitable suffering of life can be extinguished. Or, if we want to be even more modest in our claims, suffering can at least be diminished
4.Dukkha nirodhagamini patipada ariya sacca (noble truth of the path leading to extinction of suffering )
And there is a way to extinguish suffering. This is what all therapists Believe each in his or her own way. Buddha called it the Eightfold Path.
