the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[kǔ], the cause of suffering is desire 集[jí], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[miè], the way 道[dào] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[bā zhèng dào]

also called 四諦|四谛[sì dì]