འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ། | Glossary of Terms

Strictly speaking, this should be translated “truth of the noble ones,” but for brevity the widespread short form has been used. See also “four truths of the noble ones.”

See “four noble truths.”

See “four truths.”

See “four noble truths.”

See “four truths of the noble ones.”

The four truths that the Buddha realized: suffering, origin, cessation, and path. They are named “truths of noble beings” since only “noble beings” with knowledge of reality can understand them.

See “four truths of the noble ones.”

See “four noble truths.”

The four truths that the Buddha realized: suffering, origin, cessation, and path. They are named “truths of noble beings” since only “noble beings” with knowledge of reality can understand them.

The four truths of āryas are the truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the eightfold path to that cessation. They are called the truths of the āryas, as it is the āryas who have perceived them perfectly and without error.