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“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 leads to the cessation of suffering. These are the four noble truths . It is because he has truly understood these four noble truths that the Realized One is called ‘the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha’.

“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 leads to the cessation of suffering. These are the four noble truths . Of these four noble truths , there is one to be completely understood, one to be given up, one to be realized, and one to be developed.

“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 leads to the cessation of suffering. These four noble truths are real, not unreal, not otherwise. That’s why they’re called ‘noble truths’.

the cessation of suffering is the third; and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering is the fourth. That’s how I remember the four noble truths as you’ve taught them.”

“Good, good, mendicant! It’s good that you remember the four noble truths as I’ve taught them.

Now this may be so. But the comprehension of the four noble truths doesn’t come with pain or sadness, I say. Rather, the comprehension of the four noble truths comes only with pleasure and happiness, I say. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That is not possible. That’s how I remember the four noble truths as you’ve taught them.”

“Good, good, mendicant! It’s good that you remember the four noble truths as I’ve taught them. Suffering is the first noble truth I’ve taught, and that’s how you should remember it.

There’s no explanation of the four noble truths , no teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of them.

But when the Realized One arises in the world, a great light, a great radiance appears. Darkness no longer prevails. Then there’s the explanation of the four noble truths , the teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of them. What four?

At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, whatever perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas truly awaken—in the past, future, or present—all of them truly awaken to the four noble truths .

What four?

“Because of not truly seeing the four noble truths , we have transmigrated for a long time from one rebirth to the next.

But now that these truths have been seen,

… and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world. That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of principles with respect to the seven awakening factors.

4.5. The Truths Furthermore, a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of principles with respect to the four noble truths . And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of principles with respect to the four noble truths ?

And where should the faculty of immersion be seen? In the four absorptions. And where should the faculty of wisdom be seen? In the four noble truths . These are the five faculties.”

… awareness in order to extinguish it.”

“Mendicants, so long as you have not encompassed the four noble truths , regard your burning head or clothes with equanimity, ignore them, and apply extraordinary enthusiasm, effort, zeal, vigor, perseverance, mindfulness, and situational awareness to truly comprehending the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you …

Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

‘Surely this worthy one knows and sees.’ Why is that? It’s because they have clearly seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

Why is that? It’s because they have clearly seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths . What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

… be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the true comprehension of the four noble truths .

What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. Those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the true comprehension of these four noble truths .

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

It is the teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of the four noble truths . What four?

The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.

Near Varanasi, in the deer park at Isipatana, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma. And that wheel cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. It is the teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of the four noble truths .