Yes, Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) taught the four noble truths. These can be summarized as: 1. life entails suffering, 2. craving (attachment) leads to suffering, 3. one can relinquish craving, 4. there is an eightfold path (right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right vocation, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration) that ends suffering.
The Four Noble Truths are:
1. Life is full of suffering. The word the Buddha used was probably closer to
Discontentment. That we are never really satisfied and if we are, it doesn't
last.
2. This Suffering (discontentment) has a cause. This cause is our attachment
to desires. Now, this doesn't mean that having desires is bad. It means that
we must be smart about our desires. We shouldn't have these aching
desires to get things like new clothes or the latest cell phone because once
we get it, we are only happy for a short while. Then we are discontent
again. We should desire for things that are helpful to others, or that we can
make a positive impact on someone's life...
3. There is a state in which suffering (discontentment) stops and that stat is
attainable. If we apply ourselves correctly to the 4th truth, we can become
happy with life just as it is. We can break the chains that tie us to wide mood
swings and over-reactions. We can treat people kindly and be generous and
be content.
4. There is a path to end suffering. The Buddha laid out a path that anyone
can follow. It takes practice to override the view of things and how we have
thought throughout our lives but you can get there from here if you practice
hard enough and with real intention.
You don't follow the Four Noble Truths, these concepts that are to be believed, if you are a Buddhist or not. They simply say:
1) The world is filled with suffering and dis-satisfaction.
2) there is a cause for suffering and dis-satisfaction.
3) There is a state you can attained where suffering and dis-satisfaction ends (enlightenment, Nirvana).
4) There is a path to get to this state.
If you are a Buddhist you will try to follow the Eightfold Path to reach enlightenment so that you can end your own suffering.
What Buddhists believe in is this
The Four Noble Truths, which are:
1) There is suffering (discontentment, unhappiness) in the world
2) There are specific causes of this suffering; Our desires and attachments.
3) There is a state (a mindset, a way of life) where suffering ceases.
4) There is a path (actions, practices) to attain this state of freedom from suffering.
No the Four Noble Truths are part of Buddhism. The concept behind them is that all people suffer from the pain caused by desire and the remedy id abandoning desire is open to all. This is at odds with the Caste System espoused by the Hindu faith and custom.
The Four Noble Truths comprise the core ideas of Buddhism. They do not merely impact Buddhism, they are Buddhism. Everything in Buddhism springs from these tenets. If you can fully understand and embody the four truths, there is nothing else needed to attain enlightenment. Such is the nature of the Four Noble Truths.
The Four Noble Truths were not founded on the teachings of Buddha. Buddhism arose from the Middle Path and the Four Noble Truths.
The Four Noble Truths.
Buddhism
The four noble truths are associated with Buddhism. They are considered the foundation of the Buddha's teachings and outline the nature of suffering and the path to its cessation.
False. The four noble truths are associated with Buddhism as stated in the dharma.
Buddhism
The Four Noble Truths and the Five Noble Precepts.
The Four Noble Truths exemplify Buddhist thought. The Four Noble Truths discuss the necessity to save beings, extinguish passions, master the Dharma's, and attain the Buddha-truth.
The major belief (or teachings) of Buddhism is the Four Noble Truths. The major practice of Buddhism is the Five Noble Precepts.
Buddhism can be summed up by the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddhism teaches that the solutions to our problems are within ourselves not outside. The Buddha taught one thing and one thing only "suffering and the end of suffering".
Buddha became enlightened over 2500 years ago and found the 4 noble truths. So the answer is " Buddhism". But Buddism lacks dogma, a god(s), prayer and exclusivity, so it can't be called a religion.