Editing Four Noble Truths (section)

==Further reading==
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===Historical background and development===
* {{Citation|ref=none | last =Vetter | first =Tilmann | year =1988 | title =The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early Buddhism | publisher =Brill}}
* {{Citation|ref=none | last =Bronkhorst | first =Johannes | author-link = Johannes Bronkhorst | year =1993 | title =The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India | publisher =Motilal Banarsidass Publishers}}, chapter 8
* {{Citation|ref=none | last =Anderson | first =Carol | year =1999 | title =Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon | publisher =Routledge}}

===Theravada commentaries===
* [[Walpola Rahula]] (1974), ''What the Buddha Taught'', Grove Press
* [[Ajahn Sucitto]] (2010), ''Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching'', Shambhala.
* [[Ajahn Sumedho]] (2002), ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150325013823/http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/4nobltru.pdf The Four Noble Truths]'', Amaravati Publications.
* [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] (2006), ''[http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering]'', Pariyatti Publishing.

===Tibetan Buddhism===
* [[Chögyam Trungpa]] (2009), ''The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation'', Shambhala.
* [[Dalai Lama]] (1998), ''The Four Noble Truths'', Thorsons.
* Geshe Tashi Tsering (2005), ''The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume I'', Wisdom, Kindle Edition
* Ringu Tulku (2005), ''Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism'', Snow Lion. (Part 1 of 3 is a commentary on the four truths)

===Modern interpretations===
* {{Citation|ref=none | last =Brazier | first =David | year =2001 | title =The Feeling Buddha | publisher =Robinson Publishing}}
* [[Mark Epstein|Epstein, Mark]] (2004), ''Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective.'' Basic Books. Kindle Edition. (Part 1 examines the four truths from a Western psychological perspective)
* Moffitt, Phillip (2008), ''Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering'', Rodale, Kindle Edition. (An explanation of how to apply the Four Noble Truths to daily life)
* [[Thich Nhat Hanh]] (1999), ''The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching'', Three Rivers Press

===Other scholarly explanations===
* [[Rupert Gethin|Gethin, Rupert]] (1998), ''Foundations of Buddhism'', Oxford University Press (Chapter 3 is a commentary of about 25 pages).
* [[Donald S. Lopez, Jr.|Lopez, Donald S.]] (2001), ''The Story of Buddhism'', HarperCollins (pp.&nbsp;42–54).
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