Buddhism approaches life and living in a quite distinct manner from the Judaic, Christian or Muslim traditions. This introduction seeks to clarify the Buddhist approach to the manner the world is and works, and how human beings can best deal with life and its challenges. It examines the Buddhist approach logically step by step, arriving at the reasons why the Buddha settled on the Four Noble Truths as a sane and rational analysis of the human condition. The Noble Eightfold Path, the doctrine of anatta and the spread of Buddhism that outcomes from this analysis are the subject of a second description in this Library.