Four Noble Truths

English

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit चत्वारि आर्यसत्यानि (catvāri āryasatyāni).

Pronunciation

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Noun

the Four Noble Truths pl (plural only)

1. (Buddhism) Four central Buddhist teachings: (i) that suffering is an innate characteristic of existence with each rebirth; (ii) that it is caused by cravings or desires; (iii) that it can be ended by eliminating the cravings or desires; and (iv) that the noble eightfold path is the way to achieve this.

Translations

Four Noble Truths

• Bengali: চতুরার্য সত্য (coturarjo śotto)
• Burmese: သစ္စာလေးပါး (my) (saccale:pa:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四諦 / 四谛 (zh) (sìdì), 四聖諦 / 四圣谛 (zh) (sì shèngdì)

• Irish: ceithre fhírinne thriathacha
• Japanese: 四諦 (ja) (したい, shitai), 四聖諦 (ししょうたい, shishōtai)
• Khmer: អរិយសច្ចបួន (ʼaʼreyaʼsaccaʼ buən)
• Korean: 사성제(四聖諦) (ko) (saseongje)
• Thai: อริยสัจสี่
• Tibetan: འཕགས་པའི་བདེན་པ་བཞི ('phags pa'i bden pa bzhi)