the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[kǔ jí miè dào]: 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]