A. 1. The miseries of evolutionary existence resulting in births and deaths, life after life.
2. The cause productive of misery, which is the selfish desire, ever renewed, of satisfying one's self, without being able ever to secure that end.
3. The destruction of that desire, or the estranging of one's self from it.
4. The means of obtaining this destruction of desire.
122. Q. Tell me some things that cause sorrow?
A. Birth, decay, illness, death, separation from objects we love, association with those who are repugnant, craving for what cannot be obtained.
123. Q. Do these differ with each individual?
A. Yes: but all men suffer from them in degree.
124. Q. How can we escape the sufferings which result from unsatisfied desires and ignorant cravings?
A. By complete conquest over, and destruction of, this eager thirst for life and its pleasures, which causes sorrow.