Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saɱyutta
4. Siɱsapā Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
56. Kindred Sayings about the Truths
4. Siɱsapā Grove
Sutta 33
Daṇḍa Suttaɱ
The Stick[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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Once the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, just as a stick,
when thrown up into the air,
falls, now on its butt,
now on its middle,
now on its tip,
even so beings,
hindered by ignorance,
fettered by craving,
run on,
wander on,
pass on from this world to the next
and thence come back again to this world.
What is the cause of it?
[372] Through the fact of not seeing
four Ariyan truths.
What four?
The Ariyan truth of Ill
The Ariyan truth of the arising of ill.
The Ariyan truth of the ceasing of ill.
The Ariyan truth of the practice that leads to the ceasing of ill.
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.'"
[1] Cf. S. ii, 185.
