[苦集灭道 / 苦集滅道, kǔ jí miè dào, ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠˋ]the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道; also called 四諦|四谛[Add to Longdo]
[くじゅうめつどう;くじゅめつどう;くしゅめつどう, kujuumetsudou ; kujumetsudou ; kushumetsudou](n) { Buddh } (See 四諦) Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)[Add to Longdo]