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Chapter 4

The four noble truths

The four noble truths (dukkha, dukkhasamudaya, dukkhanirodha,
and magga) form the seat of nipapetikapākiyasaññā, the perception

of penetration, of breaking through.

Bhikkhus, this is the noble truth of dukkha, that is: birth is dukkha,

ageing is dukkha, sickness is dukkha, death is dukkha, having to be
with the unloved is dukkha, being separated from the loved is dukkha,
in short, the five aggregates afflicted by clinging are dukkha.

Bhikkhus! This is the noble truth of the arising of dukkha, that is,

tanhā, which brings more birth, composed of sensual desire finding
delight and stimulation in those objects of the senses: tanhā, namely,
desire for sensuality, desire to have and to be, desire to not have and

not be.

Bhikkhus! This is the noble truth of the remainderless quenching of
dukkha, complete because of the remainderless fading away of that
very tanhā, the abandoning, the casting off, the letting go of it.

Bhikkhus! This is the noble truth of the practice which allows beings
to attain to that remainderless quenching of dukkha, that is, the

noble path composed of eight stages: Right understanding, right
thought, right speech, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right
mindfulness, and right samādhi.

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