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In July 1996 his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama gave two days of teachings onthe Four Noble Truths at the Barbican Hall inLondon. It marked an historicoccasion as this was the first time he had given these lessonsin the West and the first time that His Holiness had been invited to give a major teaching bya wide spectrum of Buddhist traditions. How does an ordinaryperson become a Buddha an enlightened one a fully awakened, omniscient and compassionsatehuman being someone who has realized themeaning of existence? This is the central question of Buddhism. In his first teaching after his enlightenment,the Buddha presented the world with his answer. It consisted offour expositionsor Noble Truths: The truth of suffering.the truth of the origin of suffering. the trugh of the cessation of suffering.The path that leads to the cessation of suffering. "The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of the Buddhist teachings. Infact without the knowledge and experience of the Four Noble Truths thenit is impossible to practice Buddha Dharma. Why did the Buddha teach the Four Noble Truths? We all possess this innate desire to seek happiness and toovercome suffering. The reason why Buddha emphasized the development of a profound insight into the nature of suffering is because there is an alter-native there is a way out there is a possibility of freedom from that suffering" The Dalai Lama
