The Dalai Lama On The Four Noble Truths

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For as long as space exists

And sentient beings endure,

May I too remain,

To dispel the misery of the world.

~SHANTIDEVA.

The Four Noble Truthsare the most central tenets of Tibetan Buddhism.

1. The truth of suffering

Buddhism describes three levels or types of suffering:

1.1. The suffering of suffering. These experiences are painful. In Buddhism there are four main experiences of this type of suffering which are considered to be fundamental to life in samsara: th...