Buddha's Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path

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Buddha's Four Noble Truths regarding the problems of life can be compared to that of a therapist. For instance, he points out that to understand the concern, an individual has to study the causative symptoms. Based on an argument of people living a perfect life, then there would be no such concerns. As a result, people would not require the eightfold path. But given that a man's life is full of problems, then they have to follow the path for them to minimize the impacts of such problems. Buddha's first noble of truth is about the declaration of life. This is followed by the second truth, which deals with the cause of life's dislocation. The third truth is about hope. In addition, the fourth noble of truth results in the eightfold path.
The eightfold path is considered as a path of training through training. Buddha points out a preliminary stage, which precedes the eightfold path. This is the stage of association, which explains that human beings are social animals. As a result, the environment arou...