In the early parts of my life, I learned about all of the laws that restrict our actions,
as practitioners of Buddhism. I was educated about the four basic truths that all Buddhists
believe. The four basic truths are Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Marga (Anderson
24). Dukkha, or its meaning in English, suffering, tells of all the frustration in life. In
order to find the end of suffering, I found that one must review the purpose for the
suffering to being in one's life (Harvey 49). the second holy truth, Samudaya deals with
the origin of suffering. In my studies and from what material I was instructed, I learnedin
order to deal with suffering one must find out its cause in their life. After one has found
the cause, then we can begin to do something about it ( "Four Noble Truths Part I" 3).
Nirodha, the third truth, is the extinction of suffering. To be able to end the sufferingone
must think that the suffering can end and have confidence in attaining the end of suffering
( "Four Noble Truths Part I" 5/6). Marga, or the fourth noble truth is also known as the
eight-fold path. Avoiding indulgences in pleasure and temptation are the ways to walk
down this path ( "Four Noble Truths Part II" 3). As I was instructed on the eight-fold
path I learned that in order to attain the end of suffering I needed to have all of the "right"
pieces of the puzzle. These are right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihook,
effort, mindfulness, and concentration ("Buddhist Teachings" 1).
In my religion we have a code of ethics that tells our followers to avoid stealing,
lying, killing all living organisms, committing improper sexual activi ...