from this eternal process. The second Noble Truth states the cause of our suffering. This noble truth states that there is an origin for suffering and that the origin of suffering is attachment, desire and the illusion of selfhood. We become attached to things and people and we set goals for ourselves. When the people or things that we care for are harmed, we suffer and we suffer and are disappointed when we dont attain the goals we set for ourselves. Even when we do attain these goals, it causes us to set higher goals which are harder to attain, and thus we set ourselves up for disappointment and suffering. Another way that we cause ourselves to suffer is by thinking that we are a self. This causes suffering for us as well. According to Buddha, you arent a self, we are just heaps of events causing other events to occur, and thus we are deluded into thinking that we are a self. This causes suffering because we then set goals for ourselves because we think we are a self, and when those goals are not attained, we suffer since we arent satisfied with what we have accomplished. The third Noble Truth tells Buddhas followers the cure to all their sufferings. The cure to end suffering is to become free from all desire. One must extinguish them and realize that they are not a self. Buddhism says that in order to end all suffering, one must give up all that they care about because caring causes suffering. The fourth Noble Truth is about the therapy, the way. The way refers to The Eightfold Path, which discusses the means to salvation and nirvana. Nirvana is a state of supreme bliss. It is a liberation from sufferingand to ones bondage to the repeating cycle of death and rebirth, which is brought about by desire. Nirvana is attainable in life through moral discipline and the practice of yoga, leading to the extinction of all attachment and ignorance (nirvana). The Eightfold Path has eight elements that work to support you like ...
