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  • Linked Discourses 56.3Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.3
  • 1. Immersion1. Samādhivagga

A Gentleman (1st)Paṭhamakulaputtasutta

“Mendicants, whatever gentlemen—past,“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ kulaputtā sammā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajiṁsu, sabbe te catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamayāya. future,Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ kulaputtā sammā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajissanti, sabbe te catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamayāya. or present—rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness, all of them do so in order to truly comprehend the four noble truths.Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi kulaputtā sammā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, sabbe te catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamayāya.

What four?Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa dukkhasamudayassa ariyasaccassa dukkhanirodhassa ariyasaccassa dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa. Whatever gentlemen—past,Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ kulaputtā sammā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajiṁsu …pe… future,pabbajissanti …pe… or present—rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness, all of them do so in order to truly comprehend the four noble truths.pabbajanti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamayāya.

That’s why you should practice meditation to understand: ‘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’.”Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 56.4 A Gentleman (2nd) 0.88near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.4 1. Immersion A Gentleman (2nd) “Mendicants, whatever gentlemen—past, future, or present—truly comprehend after rightly going forth from the lay life to homelessness, all of them truly comprehend th…
  2. SN 56.6 Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.6 1. Immersion Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) “Mendicants, whatever ascetics and brahmins—past, future, or present—reveal that they are awakened, all of them reveal that they truly awakened to the four…
  3. SN 56.29 Should Be Completely Understood 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.29 3. At the Village of Koṭi Should Be Completely Understood “Mendicants, there are these four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffer…
  4. SN 56.27 Real 0.63near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.27 3. At the Village of Koṭi Real “Mendicants, there are these four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that…
  5. SN 56.15 Remembering (1st) 0.62near 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.”…