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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines suffering as: 1) the endurance of death, pain, or distress, 2) the sustaining of loss or death, and 3) the subjection to disability or handicap. This Americanized explanation not far from the Buddhist definition of duhkha – or suffering. Suffering itself is not a hard concept to grasp because everybody has experienced it at one point or another, but the real questions are, “What causes all this suffering,� and “How do we eliminate this suffering?� The Buddha explained the origin of suffering through the Noble Fourfold Truths and described how to do away with suffering by following the Noble Eightfold Path.

This research paper will be separated into two parts. The first part will talk about the Noble Fourfold Truths and second part will explain the Noble Eightfold Path. In the section regarding the Four Noble Truths, I will first talk about the First Noble Truth of what suffering is. Then I will describe the Second Noble Truth......

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