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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN56: Connected Discourses on the Truths

SN56:2 Seclusion

1"Bhikkhus, make an exertion in seclusion. A bhikkhu who is secluded understands things as they really are.

1"Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha. Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

"And what does he understand as it really is? He understands as it really is: ‘This is suffering.’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering. ’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering.’ … ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering.’ sn.v.415

Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti? ‘Idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

"Bhikkhus, make an exertion in seclusion. A bhikkhu who is secluded understands things as they really are.

Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha. Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

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

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

Dutiyaṁ.