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SN 56.19 (S v 430)

Saṅkāsanā Sutta

— Meanings —

[saṅkāsanā]

The
teaching of the four noble truths,however boring it may seem to the
wandering mind,is actually very deep & the mind could spend the
whole time investigating it.

You
should yoke yourselves to [understanding:] ‘This is suffering,’ ’cause
of suffering,’ ‘cessation of suffering,’ ‘path leading to the cessation
of suffering’.

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‘This
is the noble truth of suffering’ has been pointed out by me; in this
there are countless aspects, countless particularities, countless
meanings: ‘This is the noble truth of suffering.’ ‘This is the noble
truth of the cause of suffering’ has been pointed out by me; in this
there are countless aspects, countless particularities, countless
meanings: ‘This is the noble truth of the cause of suffering.’ ‘This is
the noble truth of the cessation of suffering’ has been pointed out by
me; in this there are countless aspects, countless particularities,
countless meanings: ‘This is the noble truth of the cessation
suffering.’ ‘This is the noble truth of the path leading to the
cessation of suffering’ has been pointed out by me; in this there are
countless aspects, countless particularities, countless meanings: ‘This
is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering.’

Therefore,
bhikkhus, you should yoke yourselves to [understanding:] ‘This is
suffering,’ you should yoke yourselves to ‘This is the cause of
suffering,’ you should yoke yourselves to ‘This is the cessation of
suffering,’ you should yoke yourselves to ‘This is the path leading to
the cessation of suffering’.

Pāḷi

‘Idaṃ
dukkhaṃ ariyasacca’nti bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṃ; tattha aparimāṇā
vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṃ dukkhaṃ
ariyasacca’nti. ‘Idaṃ dukkhasamudayaṃ ariyasacca’nti bhikkhave, mayā
paññattaṃ; tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā
saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṃ dukkhaṃ ariyasacca’nti. ‘Idaṃ dukkhanirodhaṃ
ariyasacca’nti bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṃ; tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā
aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṃ dukkhaṃ
ariyasacca’nti. ‘Idaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasacca’nti,
bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṃ; tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā
aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā
ariyasacca’nti.

Tasmātiha,
bhikkhave, ‘idaṃ dukkha’nti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkha·samudayo’ti
yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkha·nirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ
dukkha·nirodha·gāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo ti.