The Four Noble Truths By Siddhartha Gautama

The doctrines presented by Siddhartha Gautama constitute the basis of his teachings. Gautama found out, in his enlightenment, the actual cause of suffering as well as the way to escape these suffering. These discoveries are referred to as the Four Noble Truths.
The first truth identifies the existence of suffering or misery in the nature of life and at all state of life including birth, old age, during sickness and death. Gautama does acknowledge the existence of happiness but he points out that suffering sets in as soon as this happiness is lost. The second truth addresses the cause of suffering which is identified as desire as well as ignorance. As a result of ignorance, people desires make them greedy for the wrong type of pleasures which