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Buddhism (Beliefs (Humans can end their suffering by attaining Nibbana…

- - - - The First Noble Truth often is translated as "Life is suffering." Many people new to Buddhism
      - tune out as soon as they hear this. But the Pali word dukkha also refers to anything that is
      - temporary, conditional, or compounded of other things. Even something precious and enjoyable is
      - dukkha, because it will end. Related to the nature of life is the nature of self. Are we not also
      - temporary, conditional and compounded of many parts? We can understand that life is
      - impermanent but are we, also, impermanent? The Buddha taught that before we can understand
      - life and death we must understand the self.
    - - The Second Noble Truth teaches that the cause of suffering is craving or thirst (tanha). We
      - continually search for something outside ourselves to make us happy. But no matter how
      - successful we are, we never remain satisfied. The Buddha taught that this thirst grows from
      - ignorance of the self. We go through life grabbing one thing after another to get a sense of
      - security about ourselves.
      - We attach not only to physical things, but also to ideas and opinions about ourselves and the
      - world around us. Then we grow frustrated when the world doesn't behave the way we think it
      - should and our lives don't conform to our expectations. The Buddha's teachings on karma and
      - rebirth are closely related to the Second Noble Truth.
    - - The Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths are sometimes compared to a physician
      - diagnosing an illness and prescribing a treatment. The first truth tells us what the illness is, and
      - the second truth tells us what causes the illness. The Third Noble Truth holds out hope for a
      - cure. The Buddha taught that through diligent practice, we can put an end to craving. Ending the
      - hamster-wheel chase after satisfaction is enlightenment (bodhi, "awakened"). The enlightened
      - being exists in a state called Nirvana.
    - - In the Fourth Noble Truth, the Buddha as physician prescribes the
      - treatment for our illness: The Eightfold Path. Unlike in many other
      - religions, in Buddhism there is no particular benefit to merely believing in a
      - doctrine. Instead, the emphasis is on living the doctrine and walking the
      - path. S
  - - - Ignorance
        
        Due to ignorance (of underlying realities of existence) we
        process/ferment what comes to our mind.
      - Mental
        
        This processing/fermentation causes karma to form and mould
        the status consciousness (vinyana).
      - Status consciousness
        
        The functioning/existence of the status consciousness has a
        close association with regards to sustaining life (one's existence)
      - "Name" and "Form"
        
        "Name" and "Form" describes the non-material and material components of one's existence. "Name" are the constituents one's mind, consciousness and ideas... "Form" (material) are the constituents of the body (made of solids, liquids, gasses...).
      - The six senses
        
        The six sense bases of perception are composed of "Name" (the mind/vinyana...components) and "Form" (the solids, liquids, gasses... components)
      - Contact
        
        When the six sense bases of perception comes in contact with entities (ex. eye with external world, nose with fragrances, mind with thoughts/memories...), they generate feelings (in the mind).
      - Feelings
        
        When the six sense bases of perception comes in contact with entities (ex. eye with external world, nose with fragrances, mind with thoughts/memories...), they generate feelings (in the mind).
      - Cravings/longings/desires
        
        Next we generate/get desires for these feelings.
      - Clinging to
        
        These desires makes one "cling onto" them (wanting more...).
      - Generation of factors for Rebirth
        
        10, 11. This clinging causes the generation of causations/factors (karma) that causes/leads/drags one into future births, so that such accumulated karma can take effect, can materialise... (The generation of sankhara /karma due to attachments, desires, longings, cravings... or due to the aversions, angers, hates. generated during the cause of such quests/pursuits will lead
        
        generated during the cause of such quests/pursuits... will lead one through eternal samsara resulting in the generation of yet further causations/karma, requiring further... Thus bonding one into this eternal journey...)
      - Birth
        
        10, 11. This clinging causes the generation of causations/factors (karma) that causes/leads/drags one into future births, so that such accumulated karma can take effect, can materialise... (The generation of sankhara /karma due to attachments, desires, longings, cravings... or due to the aversions, angers, hates. generated during the cause of such quests/pursuits will lead
        
        generated during the cause of such quests/pursuits... will lead one through eternal samsara resulting in the generation of yet further causations/karma, requiring further... Thus bonding one into this eternal journey...)
      - All the sufferings
        
        Then once one gets into a birth, one undergoes/endures all
        the sufferings associated with such