The Buddha taught that it is possible to escape the bonds of dukkha and extinguish all forms of sensual craving and conceptual attachment.

Dukkha can be overcome by removing its causes and ultimately attaining a state of Nirvana, freedom from worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications, and ideas. Nirvana is incomprehensible to those of us who have not attained it, but the Buddha presented a road-map for us to follow; The Eightfold Path, which is the foundation of the Fourth Noble Truth…