After the truth of suffering, Buddha went on to expound the truth of origin of suffering, basically, what is the main cause of the suffering. This is to do with the twelve interdependent link of origination. All objects in this world, all phenomena do not actually have a solid permanent and independent existence, they arise dependently on other causes and are therefore impermanent.
1st link: From ignorance, there is mental formation.
2nd link: From mental formation, there is consciousness.
3rd link: From consciousness, there is name and form.
4th link: From name and form, there are six senses.
5th link: From six senses, there is contact.
6th link: From contact, there is feeling.
7th link: From feeling, there is craving.
8th link: From craving, there is grasping.
9th link: From grasping, there is existence.
10th link: From existence, there is birth.
11th link: From birth, there is aging and dying.
12th link: From aging and dying, ignorance again arises.
As you can see, it ends up in a cycle, in the next samsaric rebirth, the whole process restarts.
From ignorance, craving and grasping (three deluded causes), mental formation and existence arises (two deluded actions). From the two deluded actions, there are seven uncontrollable results (consciousness, name and form, six senses, contact, feeling, birth, aging and dying). Again the three deluded causes then arise from the seven uncontrollable results.
The wheel of samsara does not break until ignorance has been overcome.
So for people who think they can end suffering by committing suicide, they are completely wrong, they are just bringing forward even more suffering.
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