All of these obstructions cloud the truth, lead to mistaken thoughts and actions, and prevent the realization of the ideal and thus are causes of suffering. To recognize suffering as suffering and see obstructions as obstructions calls for an understanding of the Buddhist religious ideal. The truths of suffering and its cause are based on the truth of the elimination of suffering. When the possibility of an end to suffering is glimpsed, the true nature of suffering and its causes become clear. Though they should be eliminated, suffering and its causes must be seen as aspects of reality, and the ideal of the elimination of suffering must be realized. Viewed in this way, suffering becomes the noble truth of suffering, and its cause the noble truth of the cause of suffering.Basic Buddhist Concepts