Siddhartha Gautama's View Of Suffering

Introduction:
Followed by x amount of followers, Buddhism considered a religion that delivers very concrete messages in regards to the beliefs of atheism, providing positive reinforcement about the possibility that deities simply do not exist. When present, Siddhartha Gautama had expressed his knowledge of the world, providing non-optimistic and non-pessimistic but rather realistic philosophical and spiritual explanations of how our lives and world operate. His teachings explained the true definition of Suffering, known as Dukkha, and had given followers his own interpretation on how to overcome such suffering by following the Eightfold Pathway.
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Within the teachings of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama had spoken about his understanding
of the Four Noble Truths. To his interpretation, the Four Noble Truths consisted of the truth of suffering, which his known as Dukkha, the truth of the cause of suffering, which is known as Samudaya, the truth of the conclusion of suffering, which is known as Nirhodha and the truth of the pathway the allows to free ourselves from suffering, which is known as Magga.
Within Siddhartha Gautama’s teachings, he grasped the ideology that Dukkha is any form of dissatisfaction that occurs within our lives. Multiple factors such as happiness can be considered suffering due to the fact that any aspects that may bring happiness; health, love, competency, wealth and intelligence is subject to change. This is stated within Walpola Rahula’s book titled “What the Buddha Taught” on page 18, claiming that “When you see a pleasant, charming and beautiful person, you like him (or her), you are attracted, you enjoy seeing that person again and again, you derive pleasure and satisfaction from that person. This is enjoyment. It is a fact of experience. But this enjoyment is not permanent, just as that person and all his (or her) attractions are not permanent either.” Within this quotation, it is evident that regardless of the enjoyment that we receive from a particular object or person, it is subject to change and thus brings about
suffering without our lives. When identifying what causes Dukkha, Siddhartha Gautama had explained that change, ignorance, error and deception were the causes of suffering. Our personal ambitions and desires to attain objects outside of ourselves ultimately allow us to believe that we would become satisfied or happy, but in reality it would only lead us to become much more unsatisfied. This is referenced on page 20, stating that “A happy feeling, a happy condition in life, is not permanent, not everlasting. It changes sooner or later. When it changes, it produced pain, suffering, unhappiness. This vicissitude is included in Dukkha as suffering produced by change.”
Paragraph 3: What is the Buddhist solution to this suffering?
Given the significance of the existence of Dukkha within our everyday lives, Siddhartha Gautama had

The teaching of Siddhartha Gautama had explained that in order to rid one’s self of Dukkha, a person must follow the Noble Eightfold Path.
According to Siddhartha Gautama, if an individual finds themselves following this pathway, they would be able to dismantle emotions such as hatred, greed, violence and confusion. This is noted on page 45 of the book, stating that “…the Buddha had discovered through personal experience the Middle Path, which gives vision and knowledge, which leads to Calm, Insight, Enlightenment, Nirvana. This Middle Path is generally referred to as the Noble Eightfold Path.”(45). The Magga pathway is constructed of three major disciplines; Wisdom, Ethical Conduct and Mental Discipline. Within these disciplines, there are eight separate sections of rights, ranging from Understanding, Thought, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration. In accordance with Buddhism, a person must follow each right to fully achieve Calmness, Insight, and Enlightenment and thus achieve Nirvana. Within the Right of Speech, a person must refrain from utilizing crude words, lying or any other speech related conduct that can bring about hatred. One should also refrain from speaking carelessly; a person should only speak at the right place and the right time. The Right of Action relates to human behavior and how we as people should not steal, should not destroy life but instead aid each other to live a peaceful and honorable life. The Right Livelihood refers
to humans restricting themselves from generating profits that bring harm to other people from the actions of weapon trades, intoxication of beverages, and killing animal life. The Right Effort refers to the human effort that is required to avoid evil states of the human mind from growing while simultaneously promoting good and positive mind sets. When speaking about the Right Mindfulness, Buddha referred to be intensively aware of the feelings and sensations that our bodies endured, as well as the thoughts, conceptions and ideas that flowed throughout our minds. Additionally, when speaking of the Right Though, Buddha exclaimed that we must focus our minds on selfless thoughts, thoughts of love, as well as non-violence. Buddha had noted that individuals that had filled their minds with hateful thoughts, selfish requirements and violence show a very strong sense of lacking wisdom. Finally, the Right Understanding refers to the proper understanding that everything within our world is the way it is. Additionally, Buddha exclaimed that the Right Understand is furthermore reduced to the proper understanding of the Four Noble Truths.