Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṃyutta
3. Koṭigāma Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
56. Kindred Sayings about the Truths
3. Koṭigāma
Sutta 26
Mittā Suttaṃ
Friends[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1][bodh][than] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, those for whom ye have fellow-feeling,
those who may deem you worth listening to,
your friends and colleagues,
your kinsmen and blood-relations, -
they ought to be roused to,
admonished and established in,
the comprehension of the four Ariyan truths
as they really are.
What four?
The Ariyan truth about Ill,
the Ariyan truth about the arising of Ill,
the Ariyan truth about about the ceasing of Ill,
the Ariyan truth about the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill.
"Monks, those for whom ye have fellow-feeling,
those who may deem you worth listening to,
your friends and colleagues,
your kinsmen and blood-relations, -
they ought to be roused to,
admonished and established in,
the comprehension of the four Ariyan truths
as they really are.
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] Text, 189.
