FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS: The Foundation of All our Practices
“Then, due to having absorbed into the meditative stabilization
Of the loftily looking lion,
He realizes the forward order and
Reverse order of dependent-arising.”
VS. 5.23

Our Teacher taught the Four Noble Truths during the first turning of the wheel of Dharma. They are known as “The Four Noble Truths” because they are the essence or the foundation of all buddhist practices. In effect they are a presentation of how we enter into and how we reverse away from samsara.
The fact that all migrating beings experience various types of suffering is the actual Truth of Suffering. These various types of suffering are created in relation to self-cherishing and arise due to the ignorance of confused self-grasping. Therefore these are known as the cause, or Origin of samsara. Upon careful examination of the cause, we realize that it is possible to be separated from it. The attainment of separation that is freedom from them is known as the Truth of Cessation. To achieve this we need to train in True Paths that are methods for attaining such truth of cessation. This is only a brief presentation of the practice related to the four noble truths but this subject matter can be explained in great detail.