A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada

by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw | 62,614 words

The Paticcasamuppada refers to “The Doctrine of Dependent Origination”. This is the English translation done by U Aye Maung Published by U Min Swe Buddhasasana Nuggaha Organization Rangoon, Burma....

Chapter 14 - The Four Noble Truths In Brief

We have dealt in detail with the Buddhas knowledge of the Four Noble Truths vis a-vis his attribute of Sammasambuddha. We will now repeat the four truths briefly. According to the scriptures, all the nama rupa in the sensual, material and immaterial worlds, exclusive of tanha, constitute dukkha. This is the first truth. Tanha as the cause of dukkha is the second truth. Nibbana as the cessation of dukkha is the third truth, and the Ariyan path as the way to cessation is the fourth truth. These Four Noble Truths are realized experientially by the yogi through the practice of vipassana. From experience he knows that all that is arising and passing away mean dukkha, attachment to them is the cause, that cessation of both the dukkha and its cause is Nibbana, and that its attainment is the path.

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