# Four Noble Truths of "Thermo"

The [Laws of Thermodynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics) and the [Four Noble Truths](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four_Noble_Truths\&oldid=1140984114) of Buddhism share some structural qualities, that I would like to outline here.  

* Zero and the first truth, dukkha: Thermo states that two systems in equilibrium with a third are in equilibrium with eachother. Buddhism states that there is suffering or dissatisfaction with life. Both are saying that there is a "game" and we are all playing it 
* First law and second truth: 

Seems like both are stating something exists, that it is a shared quantity, and 

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Thermo also has four laws, just discovered in unusual order.

* zero: If two systems are both in thermal equilibrium with a third system, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
* first: total [energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy) of an [isolated system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolated_system) is constant
* second:The sum of the [entropies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy) of the initially isolated systems is less than or equal to the total entropy of the final combination
* third: system's entropy approaches a constant value as its temperature approaches [absolute zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero).
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Buddhism has the Four Noble Truths

* [*dukkha*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha) (literally "suffering"; here "unsatisfactoriness"[\[note 1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-dukkha-4)) is an innate characteristic of existence in the realm of [*samsara*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara);[\[web 2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-EB-4NTa-5)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-6)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeown201350%E2%80%9352-7)
* *samudaya* (origin, arising, combination; 'cause'): *dukkha* arises or continues with [*taṇhā*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%E1%B9%87h%C4%81) ("craving, desire or attachment, lit. "thirst").[\[web 3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-EB-4NTb-8)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-9)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeown201353%E2%80%9355-10) While *taṇhā* is traditionally interpreted in western languages as the 'cause' of *dukkha*, *tanha* can also be seen as the factor tying us to *dukkha*, or as a response to *dukkha*, trying to escape it;[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrazier2001-11)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBatchelor201295%E2%80%9397-12)
* [*nirodha*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirodha) (cessation, ending, confinement): *dukkha* can be ended or contained by the renouncement or letting go of this *taṇhā*;[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuswellLopez2014%22nirodha%22-13)[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnderson200196-14)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-15)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeown201356%E2%80%9358-16) the confinement of *taṇhā* releases the excessive bind of *dukkha*;[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrazier2001-11)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBatchelor201295%E2%80%9397-12)
* [*marga*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_paths_to_liberation) (path, [Noble Eightfold Path](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path)) is the path leading to the confinement of *tanha* and *dukkha*.

From [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four_Noble_Truths\&oldid=1140984114)'s article 
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