Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN45: Connected Discourses on the Path

SN45:164 Existence

1"Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of existence. What three? Sense-sphere existence, form-sphere existence, formless-sphere existence. These are the three kinds of existence. The Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge of these three kinds of existence, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning."

1"Tayome, bhikkhave, bhavā. Katame tayo? Kāmabhavo, rūpabhavo, arūpabhavo – ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo bhavā. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇannaṁ bhavānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya … pe … ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo"ti.


Catutthaṁ.

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