The sixteen active aspects of the Four Noble Truths （s!od!a^/sa-a^ka^ra）， which are sixteen ways of analyzing the meaning of the Four Noble Truths， including four ways for each noble truth. The first noble truth is analyzed as containing the meanings of impermanence 无常 （anitya）， unsatisfactoriness 苦 （duh!kha）， emptiness 空 （/su^nya）， and no-self 无我 （ana^tmaka）. The second noble truth contains the implications of cause of suffering 因 （hetu）， gathering 集 （samudaya）， continuation 生 （prabhava） and conditions 缘 （pratyaya）. The third noble truth connotes extinction of physical attachments 灭 （nirodha）， the calming of afflictions 静 （/sa^nta）， the sublimity of no discomfort 妙 （pran!ita） and the escape from all difficult circumstances 离 （nih!saran!a）. Within the fourth noble truth are seen the path to cessation 道 （ma^rga）， accordance with the correct principle 如 （nya^ya）， activity leading to nirvana 行 （pratipatti） ， and transcendence of life and death 出 （nairya^n!ika）. ［俱舍论; T 1558.29.119b15-19］