Chinese–English

苦集灭道

kǔ jí miè dào · ku ji mie dao

Traditional 苦集滅道

Meaning

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  1. the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦 (kǔ), the cause of suffering is desire 集 (jí), emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅 / 灭 (miè), the way 道 (dào) to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 (bā zhèng dào)
  2. also called 四諦 / 四谛 (sì dì)
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