The Third Noble Truth : Nirodha : The Cessation of Suffering

The Buddha says “This , monks, is the Noble truth of the cessation of Suffering (dukkha): the complete cessation (nirodha), giving up , abandoning, release and detachment from that very craving”

In the First & Second Noble Truths, we have discussed suffering (dukkha) and its arising. The Third  Noble Truth is about the Cessation of suffering (dukkha nirodha), which is known as Nibbana .

As we have seen ,  craving is the arising of suffering (dukkha), which ceases only when its origin, craving, ceases. With the giving up of craving, one also gives up suffering and all that pertains to suffering. Nibbana, therefore is explained as the extinction of suffering or dukkha.

The path leading to the cessation of suffering (dukkha) is given  by the Buddha in the Fourth Noble Truth, called  Magga, the Path.