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In 563 B.C.E. Siddhartha Gautama was born in Northern India to Maya and Suddhodama. His father attempted to prevent Siddhartha from discovering that all life is pain and suffering. However, the truth eventually comes out when Siddhartha leaves the palace and sees an old man, a sick person, a corpse, and an ascetic. These four things are what started the creation of Buddhism. Also the four noble truths stemmed from them, which are all life is suffering, the cause of suffering is craving, the end of suffering is to get rid of craving and grasping, and the eightfold path is the method used to overcome suffering.

"He saw businessmen trading, princes going to the hunt, mourners mourning over their dead, prostitutes offering themselves, doctors attending the sick, priests deciding the day for sowing, lovers making love, mothers soothing their children and all were not worth a passing glance, everything lied, stank of lies; they were all illusions of sense, happiness and beauty. All were doomed to decay. The world tasted bitter. Life was pain." This quote represents the first noble truth: all life is suffering. I agree with this because even though some good things happen in the world, only bad things stem from it. Also the painful things outweigh the good things. Many wonder why bad things happen. I think that humanity is inherently like this. They cause their own pain and suffering by doing very idiotic things such as destroying the ozone layer, murdering their own kind, ignoring the beauty of nature for electronics, lying, cheating, stealing, trying to own nature, polluting, etc. Most are too stupid to realize what they do to themselves. They make up Satan and blame it on him for it is so much easier to point fingers than better oneself. The only true "Satan" is humanity. However, there are people in the world that realize these flaws and do their best to improve themselves, which is what Buddhists do. Therefore, the first noble truth has much truth to it in my opinion.

"I suffer thirst, Govinda, and on this long Samana path my thirst has not grown less. I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions. Year after year I have questioned the Brahmins, year after year I have questioned the holy Vedas. Perhaps, Govinda, it would have been equally good, equally clever and holy if I had questioned the rhinoceros or the chimpanzee." This quote represents the second noble truth: the cause of suffering is craving. I somewhat agree with this quote.

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