Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN56: Connected Discourses on the Truths

SN56:131 Passing Away from the Domain of Ghosts (6)

1… "So too, bhikkhus, those beings are few who, when they pass away from the domain of ghosts, are reborn among the devas. But those beings are more numerous who, when they pass away from the domain of ghosts, are reborn in the domain of ghosts. For what reason? Because they have not seen the Four Noble Truths. What four? The noble truth of suffering, the noble truth of the origin of suffering, the noble truth of the cessation of suffering, the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering.

2"Therefore, bhikkhus, an exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is suffering.’ An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the origin of suffering.’ An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the cessation of suffering.’ An exertion should be made to understand: ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering.’"


3This is what the Blessed One said. Elated, those bhikkhus delighted in the Blessed One's statement. sn.v.478

The Great Book is finished.

1… "Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pettivisayā cutā devesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pettivisayā cutā pettivisaye paccājāyanti. Taṁ kissa hetu? Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ. Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhasamudayassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

2Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.


3Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.


Tiṁsatimaṁ.


Pañcagatipeyyālavaggo ekādasamo.

4Manussato cutā chāpi,
devā cutā nirayato;
Tiracchānapettivisayā,
tiṁsamatto gativaggoti.

Saccasaṁyuttaṁ dvādasamaṁ.

Mahāvaggo pañcamo.

5Maggabojjhaṅgaṁ satiyā,
indriyaṁ sammappadhānaṁ;
Baliddhipādānuruddhā,
jhānānāpānasaṁyutaṁ;
Sotāpatti saccañcāti,
mahāvaggoti vuccatīti.

Mahāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

Saṁyuttanikāyo samatto.

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