oble Truth is that there is suffering. If people were to look at their ownlives and the world around them they would realize that life is full of suffering. "We sufferbecause we are constantly struggling to survive"(Butter pg.2). "Suffering may be Physicalor Mental"(Tokyo n.pag.). Physical suffering comes in many different forms. An exampleof such suffering is aged people. They cannot hear as well, see as far or clearly, or moveas limberly as they used to be able to. "The truth is that the suffering of birth, old age,sickness, and death is unavoidable"(Tokyo n.pag.). Besides physical suffering, there arealso various forms of mental suffering. This suffering usually occurs due to one'sattraction to impermanent pleasures. An example of this is a person finding a new friendand being elated while side by side with the new found companion, but when separated,they feel the pain of loneliness. These are also examples of what causes the suffering,which is the next truth.The Second Noble Truth is that suffering has a cause. "The direct causes ofsuffering are desire, or craving, and ignorance."(Tokyo n.pag.) Craving is the deeply-rooted longing, of all living beings, for the pleasures of the senses. For instance, peoplealways want things like delicious foods, entertaining movies, or good company. Theproblem with this is that it is a continuous cycle. After you eat you will be hungry again,after the movie will get bored, and after your friends leave, you will be lonely. The sameholds true for people who wish to own the best and newest products. They will never besatisfied because there will continue to be newer and better things. This is the case inAmerica today and look where we are.The other cause of suffering is ignorance. This is also the cause of craving. Thesearch to find out why we crave always leads back to ingorance. If we knew thatsatisfying those frivilous "needs" accomplished nothing we would have no reason to do ...
