devanagari

na duhkha-samudaya-nirodha-margah
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neg.    N.m.          N.m.           N.m.          N.m.
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duhkha-, m.: suffering,

samudaya-, m.: arising, coming to existence (sam+ud+i-),

nirodha-, m.: cessation,

marga-, m.: way,

No suffering, arising, cessation, way.

    In this section, Avalokitewvara talks about the very core of Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths:

1. The Noble Truth about suffering.
2. The Noble Truth about the origin of suffering.
3. The Noble Truth about the extinction of suffering.
4. The Noble Truth about the way leading to the extinction of suffering (The Noble Eightfold Path).

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