@ what the Buddha taught
Saṃyutta Nikāya
Mahāvaggo
Saccasaṃyuttaṃ
Dhammacakkappavattanavaggo
Khandhasuttaṃ
SN56.13
'These four, almsmen, noble truths.
Which four?
And which, almsmen, Suffering; a noble truth?
'The five-masses-and-the-taking-up' is to this to be answered; viz. the mass-of-form-and-the-taking-up, the mass-of-feeling-and-the-taking-up, the mass-of-perception-and-the-taking-up, the mass-of-inclinations-and-the-taking-up, the mass-of-cognition-and-the-taking-up. This is called, almsmen, suffering; a noble truth.
And which, almsmen, Rise of suffering; a noble truth?
This what is the lust, the welcoming of this and that accompanied by joy and passion, is of further existence; viz. the longing for lust, the longing for existence, the longing for non-existence.
And which, almsmen, Cessation of suffering; a noble truth?
What just like that, with the complete fading and cessation of longing, is the giving up, the forsaking, the release, the doing away with. This is called, almsmen, cessation of suffering; a noble truth.
And which, almsmen, The path heading to the cessation of suffering; a noble truth?
Just this noble eightfold way; viz. right view, right attitude, right speech, right doing, right way of life, right effort, right recollection, right concentration. This is called, almsmen, the path heading to the cessation of suffering; a noble truth.
OK these, almsmen, are four noble truths. Therefore, almsmen, 'This; suffering' is the effort to be made. 'This; rise of suffering' is the effort to be made. 'This; cessation of suffering' is the effort to be made. 'This; the path heading to the cessation of suffering' is the effort to be made.'