In a simple, entertaining and direct way, the renowned Lama Zopa illuminates the profound noble truths proclaimed by the Buddha. Beginning with a brilliant explanation of the nature of the mind and its role in creating the happiness we all seek, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers an incisive analysis of the famous Four Noble Truths:

The first truth teaches that we suffer because we are in cyclical existence, or samsara, the beginningless cycle of death and rebirth.

The second truth teaches that there is a cause behind our suffering (the delusions and karma that arise from ignorance, which prevents us from seeing how things exist).

Because there is a cause and because we can realize emptiness (antidote to ignorance), we are able to actualize the third truth, the cessation of suffering.

The fourth truth charts the way to the end of suffering.