i. Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ:
Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering:
jāti pi dukkhā
birth is suffering
jarā pi dukkhā
also old age is suffering
vyādhi pi dukkho
also sickness is suffering
maraṇam-pi dukkhaṁ
also death is suffering
appiyehi sampayogo dukkho
being joined to what is not dear is suffering
piyehi vippayogo dukkho
being separated from what is dear is suffering
yam-picchaṁ na labhati tam-pi dukkhaṁ
also not to obtain what one longs for is suffering
saṅkhittena pañcupādānakkhandhā dukkhā
in brief, the five constituent groups (of mind and body) that provide fuel for
attachment are suffering.
ii. Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ:
Now this, monks, is the noble truth of the arising of suffering:
yā yaṁ taṇhā ponobhavikā,
it is that craving which leads to continuation in existence,
nandirāgasahagatā, tatratatrābhinandinī, seyyathīdaṁ:
which is connected with enjoyment and passion, greatly enjoying this and that, as
follows:
kāmataṇhā
craving for sense pleasures
bhavataṇhā
craving for continuation
vibhavataṇhā.
craving for discontinuation.
iii. Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ:
Now this, monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering:
yo tassā yeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodho –
it is the complete fading away and cessation without remainder of that craving –
cāgo, paṭinissaggo, mutti, anālayo.
liberation, letting go, release, and non-adherence.
iv. Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave,
Now this, monks,
dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ:
is the noble truth of the practice leading to the end of suffering:
Ayam-eva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathīdam:
It is this noble path with eight factors, as follows:
sammādiṭṭhi
right view
sammāsaṅkappo
right thought
sammāvācā
right speech
sammākammanto
right action
sammā-ājīvo
right livelihood
sammāvāyāmo
right effort
sammāsati
right mindfulness
sammāsamādhi.
right concentration.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
Sadhu! Namo…
“Just as when the gods pour rain in heavy drops & crash thunder on the upper mountains: The water, flowing down along the slopes, fills the mountain clefts & rifts & gullies. When the mountain clefts & rifts & gullies are full, they fill the little ponds. When the little ponds are full, they fill the big lakes. When the big lakes are full, they fill the little rivers. When the little rivers are full, they fill the big rivers. When the big rivers are full, they fill the great ocean. In the same way:
“Fabrications have ignorance as their prerequisite, consciousness has fabrications as its prerequisite, name-&-form has consciousness as their prerequisite, the six sense media have name-&-form as their prerequisite, contact has the six sense media as its prerequisite, feeling has contact as its prerequisite, craving has feeling as its prerequisite, clinging has craving as its prerequisite, becoming has clinging as its prerequisite, birth has becoming as its prerequisite, stress & suffering have birth as their prerequisite, conviction has stress & suffering as its prerequisite, joy has conviction as its prerequisite, rapture has joy as its prerequisite, serenity has rapture as its prerequisite, pleasure has serenity as its prerequisite, concentration has pleasure as its prerequisite, knowledge & vision of things as they actually are present has concentration as its prerequisite, disenchantment has knowledge & vision of things as they actually are present as its prerequisite, dispassion has disenchantment as its prerequisite, release has dispassion as its prerequisite, knowledge of ending has release as its prerequisite.”
(Upanissaya:) Upanisa Sutta http://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.023.than_en.html
By: Samana Johann on 03/23/2018
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