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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN56: Connected Discourses on the Truths

SN56:29 To Be Fully Understood

1"Bhikkhus, there are these Four Noble Truths. What four?

The noble truth of suffering, the noble truth of the origin of suffering, the noble truth of the cessation of suffering, the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

These are the Four Noble Truths.

"Of these Four Noble Truths, bhikkhus, there is a noble truth that is to be fully understood;
there is a noble truth that is to be abandoned;
there is a noble truth that is to be realized;
there is a noble truth that is to be developed.


2"And what, bhikkhus, is the noble truth that is to be fully understood?
The noble truth of suffering is to be fully understood;
the noble truth of the origin of suffering is to be abandoned;
the noble truth of the cessation of suffering is to be realized;
the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering is to be developed.


3"Therefore, bhikkhus, an exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is suffering.’[n.376] Tasmātiha bhikkhave idaṁ dukkhan ti yogo karaṇīyo. Spk: Since a concentrated bhikkhu understands the Four Noble Truths as they really are, therefore you should make an exertion to become concentrated in order to understand the four truths as they really are. And since the round of existence increases for those who do not penetrate them, but stops increasing from the time they are penetrated, therefore you should make an exertion to understand them, thinking, "Let the round not increase for us."
An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the origin of suffering.’
An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the cessation of suffering.’
An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering.’"

1"Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, ariyasaccāni. Katamāni cattāri?

Dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ –

imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ariyasaccāni.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ atthi ariyasaccaṁ pariññeyyaṁ, atthi ariyasaccaṁ pahātabbaṁ, atthi ariyasaccaṁ sacchikātabbaṁ, atthi ariyasaccaṁ bhāvetabbaṁ.


2Katamañca, bhikkhave, ariyasaccaṁ pariññeyyaṁ? Dukkhaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasaccaṁ pariññeyyaṁ, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ pahātabbaṁ, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ sacchikātabbaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ bhāvetabbaṁ.


3Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo … pe … ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.


Navamaṁ.