The cause and elimination of suffering

The Buddha has often been compared to a doctor as the Four Noble Truths are really a medical diagnosis and treat the disease which is dukkha

• The diagnosis of the problem is that there is dukkha (dukkha)
• Craving is the cause of dukkha (tanha)
• Establishing the best way to eliminate the cause of suffering (nirodha)
• The application of a course of treatment (magga)

Tanha is the cause of dukkha, but tanha…