Ajjhattikāyatanasutta

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, ariyasaccāni. Katamāni cattāri? Dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ.

“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.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ? ‘Cha ajjhattikāni āyatanānī’tissa vacanīyaṁ. Katamāni cha? Cakkhāyatanaṁ …pe… manāyatanaṁ— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ.

And what is the noble truth of suffering? You should say: ‘The six interior sense fields’. What six? The sense fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. This is called the noble truth of suffering.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ? Yāyaṁ taṇhā ponobbhavikā nandirāgasahagatā tatratatrābhinandinī, seyyathidaṁ—kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā, vibhavataṇhā— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ.

And what is the noble truth of the origin of suffering? …

Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ? Yo tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodho cāgo paṭinissaggo mutti anālayo— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ.

the cessation of suffering? …

Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ— sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ariyasaccāni.

the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering? It is simply this noble eightfold path …

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti. Catutthaṁ.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”