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si4 di4
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym and ku³ ji² mie⁴ dao⁴: all life is suffering ku³, the cause of suffering is desire ji², emancipation comes only by eliminating passions and mie⁴, the way dao⁴ to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way ba¹ zheng⁴ dao⁴
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si4
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道 [ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering [ku3], the cause of suffering is desire [ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭 [mie4], the way [dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 [ba1 zheng4 dao4]
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di4
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道 [ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering [ku3], the cause of suffering is desire [ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭 [mie4], the way [dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 [ba1 zheng4 dao4]