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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

56. Saccasaṁyutta: On the Truths

II. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma — SN56.20: Real

1“Mendicants, these four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise. What four?

‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’

… These four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise.


2That’s why you should practice meditation …”

1"Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Katamāni cattāri?

‘Idaṁ dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ

… imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni.


2Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo … pe … ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Dhammacakkappavattanavaggo dutiyo.

3Dhammacakkaṁ tathāgataṁ,
khandhā āyatanena ca;
Dhāraṇā ca dve avijjā,
vijjā saṅkāsanā tathāti.