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Linked Discourses · SN 56.20

  • Linked Discourses 56.20Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.20
  • 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma2. Dhammacakkappavattanavagga

RealTathasutta

“Mendicants, these four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise.“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. What four?Katamāni cattāri? ‘This is suffering’ …‘Idaṁ dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘This is the origin of suffering’ …‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ …‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ; ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’ …‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti tathametaṁ avitathametaṁ anaññathametaṁ— These four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise.imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  2. SN 56.11 Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma 0.56near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.11 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma At one time the Buddha was staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. There the Buddha addressed the group of five…
  3. SN 56.14 Interior Sense Fields 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.14 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma Interior Sense Fields “Mendicants, there are these four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffe…
  4. SN 56.18 Knowledge 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.18 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma Knowledge Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’. What is know…
  5. SN 56.15 Remembering (1st) 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.15 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma Remembering (1st) “Mendicants, do you remember the four noble truths that I taught?” When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha: “I do, sir.”…