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The Four Noble Truths

1. "The noble truth that is suffering" Suffering here should be translated as disquietude or unease. It is that feeling of disequilibrium resulting from the flux of material reality. Things wear out and change and this is perfectly illustrated by aging.
2. "The noble truth that is the arising of suffering" In the beauty or the anguish of it all, people become attached to and crave certain states of existence, positive and negative. This desire engenders suffering.
3. "The noble truth that is the end of suffering" By decreasing reliance on desire you will experience less turmoil.
4. "The noble truth that is the way leading to the end of suffering" This refers to the noble eightfold path. The eightfold path provides a strategy to minimize suffering.

For some very interesting discussions of Buddhism, listen to the podcasts of B. Alan Wallace