Ajjhattikāyatanasutta — Reader

Interior Sense Fields

Ajjhattikāyatanasutta

“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. And what is the noble truth of suffering?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Yo tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodho cāgo paṭinissaggo mutti anālayo— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ. Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ariyasaccāni. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

Catutthaṁ.