Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.23
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 56.23
3. Koṭigāmavagga
3. At the Village of Koṭi
Sammāsambuddhasutta
The Fully Awakened Buddha
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, ariyasaccāni.
“Mendicants, there are these four noble truths.
Katamāni cattāri?
What four?
Dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ—
The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.
imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ariyasaccāni.
These are the four noble truths.
Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisambuddhattā tathāgato ‘arahaṁ sammāsambuddho’ti vuccati.
It is because he has truly understood these four noble truths that the Realized One is called ‘the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha’.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.
That’s why you should practice meditation …”
Tatiyaṁ.