People added the “Life is” part. The four noble truths are written like a doctor’s diagnosis for the time.
Issue: Suffering, particularly clinging to the aggregates
Cause: Craving
Is it treatable: Yes, by ending craving
Prescription: Eightfold path
Buddhism doesn’t deny that life contains pleasure and joy. In a very real way, part of the path includes its development through the jhanas, or right concentration.
People added the “Life is” part. The four noble truths are written like a doctor’s diagnosis for the time.
Issue: Suffering, particularly clinging to the aggregates
Cause: Craving Is it treatable: Yes, by ending craving
Prescription: Eightfold path
Buddhism doesn’t deny that life contains pleasure and joy. In a very real way, part of the path includes its development through the jhanas, or right concentration.
I know, I wasn’t coming in here to have a theological discussion. I’m just pointing out the similarities.