The Four Noble Truths form the basis of all teachings in Buddhism. These Four Noble Truths came upon Buddha while meditating under a Bodhi tree. The four truths are:
Dukkha: the Truth of suffering
Samudaya: the Truth of the origin of suffering
Nirodha: the Truth of the cessation of suffering
Magga: the Truth of the Path to the cessation of
suffering
Even though the origins are not always clear, the Buddhists are convinced that these truths were created by Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, known as the Buddha. The legend states that he, the Buddha, instituted these truths after he saw the suffering of an old man, a sick man, a dead man's body, and the life of a monk. When he witnessed these men's poor state of life, he was aware of man's suffering.
