- Unsatisfactoriness (suffering) exists.
- Unsatisfactoriness arises from attachment to desire.
- Unsatisfactoriness ceases when attachment to desire ceases.
- Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path.
Actualizing the path:
- Suffering is to be understood.
- Its causes are to be abandoned.
- Freedom from suffering is to be realized.
- The path is to be developed.