Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saɱyutta
3. Koṭigāma Vagga

Sutta 28

Loka Suttaɱ

The World

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[1][pts][olds][than] THUS HAVE I HEARD.

At Sāvatthī.

""Bhikkhus, there are these Four Noble Truths.

What four?

The noble truth of suffering, the noble truth of the origin of suffering, the noble truth of the cessation of suffering, the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

"In this world, with its devas, Marā, and Brahmā in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, the Tathāgata is the noble one.

Therefore they are called noble truths.

"Therefore, bhikkhus, an exertion should be made to understand:

'This is suffering.'...

An exertion should be made to understand:

'This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering.'"