Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saɱyutta
2. Dhamma-Cakka-Pavattana Vagga

Sutta 14

Āyatana Suttaɱ

Internal Sense Bases

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[1][pts "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.

"And what, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering?

It should be said:

The six internal sense bases.

What six?

The eye base ... the mind base.

This is called the noble truth of suffering."

"And what, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering?

It is this craving which leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for extermination.

This is called the noble truth of the origin of suffering.

"And what, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering?

It is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it.

This is called the noble truth of the cessation of suffering.

"And what, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering?

It is this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view ... right concentration.

This is called the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

"These, bhikkhus, are the Four 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."