Achieving nirvana would allow people to escape worldly suffering.
Answer:
Following the Eightfold Path would allow a person to remove desire from their lives. Desire is the cause of all suffering. Once you had this enlightenment you could escape the cycle of death and re-birth and be in position to enter Nirvana if you chose ( it's an option in Mahayana Buddhism). Once in Nirvana the last desire, to maintain a sense of individual existence, could be shed.
It is the stress of people dying.
According to the Buddha, The Four Noble Truths are: 1) There is suffering (discontentment, unhappiness) in the world 2) There are specific causes of this suffering. 3) There is a state (a mindset, a way of life) where suffering ceases. 4) There is a path (actions, practices) to attain this state of freedom from suffering.
The eightfold rights
Buddha was seeking what was out there and the meaning to suffering because people were suffering.
The Buddha gave his teachings to help people abandon negative, harmful actions, and ultimately attain the cessation of suffering.
You have to follow Buddha's path and you will find nirvana
Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism, taught that people should give up worldly desires in order to attain enlightenment and ultimately escape the cycle of suffering and rebirth. This principle is a key aspect of Buddhist philosophy and practice.
Buddha's intent was to end suffering. This was to be done by understanding at suffering is caused by desire and that it can be eliminated by controlling desire.
Buddhism is unimportant to the Buddha, the Buddha only cared about reality and ending suffering.
The Buddha was trying to find the answer to suffering.
Buddha himself came up with the five precepts as a way to help his students that weren't monks to live a life that is peaceful and full of happiness. The actions that are avoided by keeping the five precepts are actions that can lead to suffering. So, the precepts are a way of protecting yourself and others from that suffering.
Buddha taught the path leading to the end of suffering.