Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṁyutta
III. Koṭigāma Vagga

Part V: The Great Chapter
56: Kindred Sayings about the Truths
III. Koṭigāma

Sutta 29

Pariññeyyaṁ or Abhiññeyya Suttaṁ

To Be Fully Understood or Comprehended

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these four Ariyan truths.

What four?

The Ariyan truth about Ill,
the Ariyan truth about the arising of Ill,
the Ariyan truth about about the ceasing of Ill,
the Ariyan truth about the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill.

Of these four Ariyan truths,
one is to be fully understood,
one is to be abandoned,
one is to be realized,
one is to be cultivated.

 

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Which Ariyan truth is to be fully understood?

[369] Ill, as an Ariyan truth,
is to be fully understood.

The arising of Ill,
as an Ariyan truth,
is to be abandoned.

The ceasing of Ill,
as an Ariyan truth,
is to be realized.

The practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill,
as an Ariyan truth,
is to be cultivated.

Wherefore, monks, an effort must be made to realize:

This is Ill.

This is the arising of Ill.

This is the ceasing of Ill.

This is the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill."