Sacca ===== 'Truth' 1. On the two Truths, conventional and ultimate. 2. 'The four noble truths' o The first truth briefly stated, teaches that all forms of existence whatsoever are unsatisfactory and subject to suffering (dukkha). o The second truth teaches that all suffering, and all birth is produced by Craving (tanha). o The third truth teaches that extinction of craving necessarily results in Extinction (nirodha) of birth and suffering. ie. (Nibbana). o The fourth truth is the eightfold path (magga) and indicates the means by which this extinction is attained.