Truths," as the Buddha called them.

121. Q. _Name these Four Noble Truths?_

A. 1. The miseries of evolutionary existence resulting in births and
deaths, life after life.

2. The cause productive of misery, which is the selfish desire, ever
renewed, of satisfying one's self, without being able ever to secure
that end.

3. The destruction of that desire, or the estranging of one's self
from it.

4. The means of obtaining this destruction of desire.

122. Q. _Tell me some things that cause sorrow?_

A. Birth, decay, illness, death, separation from objects we love,
association with those who are repugnant, craving for what cannot be
obtained.

123. Q. _Do these differ with each individual?_

A. Yes: but all men suffer from them in degree.

124. Q. _How can we escape the sufferings which result from
unsatisfied desires and ignorant cravings?_

A. By complete conquest over, and destruction of, this eager thirst
for life and its pleasures, which causes sorrow.

125. Q. _How may we gain such a conquest?_

A. By following the Noble Eight-fold Path which the Buddha discovered
and pointed out.

126. Q. _What do you mean by that word: what is this Noble Eight-fold
Path?_ (For the Pali name see Q. 79.)

A. The eight parts of this path are called _angas_. They are: 1.
Right Belief (as to the law of Causation, or Karma); 2. Right Thought;
3. Right Speech; 4. Right Action; 5. Right Means of Livelihood; 6.
Right Exertion; 7. Right Remembrance and Self-discipline; 8. Right
Concentration of Thought. The man who keeps these _angas_ in mind and
follows them will be free from sorrow and ultimately reach salvation.

127. Q. _Can you give a better word for salvation?_

A. Yes, emancipation.

128. Q. _Emancipation, then, from what?_

A. Emancipation from the miseries of earthly existence and of
rebirths, all of which are due to ignorance and impure lusts and
cravings.

129. Q. _And when this salvation or emancipation is attained, what do
we reach?_

A. NIRVANA.

130. Q. _What is Nirvana?_

A. A condition of total cessation of changes, of perfect rest, of the
absence of desire and illusion and sorrow, of the total obliteration of
everything that goes to make up the physical man. Before reaching
Nirvana man is constantly being reborn; when he reaches Nirvana
he is born no more.

131. Q. _Where can be found a learned discussion of the word
Nirvana and a list of the other n