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The Four Noble Truths

1. Clinging to conditioned existence is unsatisfactory.
2. Craving sustains that clinging and dissatisfaction.
3. Ending craving ends that clinging and dissatisfaction.
4. The Noble Eightfold Path leads to that ending.

The first truth is to be understood. The second is to be abandoned. The third is to be realized. The fourth is to be developed.

Relevant suttas

• Read SN 56.11 — Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion (read here)
• Listen to SN 56.11 (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 19:41)
• Listen to MN 141 — Exposition on the Truths (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 18:14)
• Read MN 9 — Discourse on Right View (read here)
• Listen to MN 117 — The Great Forty (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 23:15)

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