TI-IE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS. DHARMA means truth, especially religious truth, or brieRy, religion. "he Dharma taught by the Buddha (the Enlightened One) and held by the Sangha (the Buddhist Brotherhood) is formulated in four statements, called" the four noble truths." The first noble truth is on the existence of suffering. Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, disease is suffering, and death is suffering. Sad it is to be joined vith that which ,ve abhor. Sad is the separation from that vhich ve love, and sad is the craving for that which cannot be obtained. The second noble truth is on the origin of suffering. The origin of suffering is desire.
