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According to [[Siddhartha Gautama]], the founder of [[Buddhism], to pursue the middle way of life between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification, one must recognize the Four Noble Truths: | According to [[Siddhartha Gautama]], the founder of [[Buddhism]], to pursue the middle way of life between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification, one must recognize the Four Noble Truths: | ||
:#human life is an existence of suffering | :#human life is an existence of suffering | ||
:#human suffering is caused by desire for things that cannot satisfy the spirit | :#human suffering is caused by desire for things that cannot satisfy the spirit | ||
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According to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, to pursue the middle way of life between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification, one must recognize the Four Noble Truths:
- human life is an existence of suffering
- human suffering is caused by desire for things that cannot satisfy the spirit
- suffering can be ended and humans set free by renouncing these desires, which are rooted in ignorance
- humans can free themselves of desire by following the Eightfold Path