An Analysis of the Truths Sacca-vibhaṃ ga Sutta (MN 141) · 莲华归心开放中文佛学资料库

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - MN - MN 141 An Analysis of the Truths ## Browse Suttas Go to Majjhima Nikṅya index MN index ## An Analysis of the Truths Sacca-vibhaṃga SuttaÂ Â (MNÂ 141) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Bṅrṅṃasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana. There he addressed the monks: "Monks!" "Yes, lord," the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said, "Monks, near Bṅrṅṃasī, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, the Tathṅgata—worthy & rightly self-awakened—set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by contemplative or brahman, deva, Mṅra, or Brahmṅ or anyone at all in the cosmos: in other words, the declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of the four noble truths. Of which four? The declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of the noble truth of stress. The declaration, teaching, description, setting forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of the noble truth of the origination of stressâ¦ the noble truth of the cessation of stressâ¦ the noble truth of the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress. Near Bṅrṅṃasī, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, the Tathṅgata—worthy & rightly self-awakened—set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by contemplative or brahman, deva, Mṅra, or Brahmṅ or anyone at all in the cosmos: in other words, the declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of these four noble truths. "Monks, associate with Sṅriputta & Moggallṅna. Consort with Sṅriputta & Moggallṅna. Sṅriputta & Moggallṅna are wise & sympathetic toward the monks who are their companions in the holy life. Like the mother giving birth: Thatâs Sṅriputta. Like the nurse raising a child after itâs born: Thatâs Moggallṅna. Sṅriputta trains (others) to the fruit of stream-entry; Moggallṅna, to the highest goal.1 Sṅriputta is capable of declaring, teaching, describing, setting forth, revealing, explaining, and making plain the four noble truths in detail." That is what the Blessed One said. Having said it, he—the One Well-Gone—rose from his seat and entered his dwelling. Then Ven. Sṅriputta, not long after the Blessed One had left, addressed the monks, "Friends!" "Yes, friend," the monks responded to him. Ven. Sṅriputta said, "Friends, near Bṅrṅṃasī, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, the Tathṅgata—worthy & rightly self-awakened—set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by contemplative or brahman, deva, Mṅra, or Brahmṅ or anyone at all in the cosmos: in other words, the declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of the four noble truths. Of which four? The declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of the noble truth of stressâ¦ the noble truth of the origination of stressâ¦ the noble truth of the cessation of stressâ¦ the noble truth of the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress. Near Bṅrṅṃasī, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, the Tathṅgata—the worthy & rightly self-awakened—set in motion the unexcelled Wheel of Dhamma that cannot be stopped by contemplative or brahman, deva, Mṅra, or Brahmṅ or anyone at all in the cosmos: in other words, the declaration, teaching, description, setting-forth, revelation, explanation, and making-plain of these four noble truths. "Now what, friends, is the noble truth of stress? Birth is stressful, aging is stressful, death is stressful; sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair are stressful; not getting what is wanted is stressful.2 In short, the five clinging-aggregates are stressful. "And what is birth? Whatever birth, taking birth, descent, coming-to-be, coming-forth, appearance of aggregates, & acquisition of (sense) spheres of the various beings in this or that group of beings, that is called birth. "And what is aging? Whatever aging, decrepitude, brokenness, graying, wrinkling, decline of life-force, weakening of the faculties of the various beings in this or that group of beings, that is called aging. "And what is death? Whatever deceasing, passing away, breaking up, disappearance, dying, death, completion of time, break-up of the aggregates, casting off of the body, interruption in the life faculty of the various beings in this or that group of beings, that is called death. "And what is sorrow? Whatever sorrow, sorrowing, sadness, inward sorrow, inward sadness of anyone suffering from misfortune, touched by a painful thing, that is called sorrow. "And what is lamentation? Whatever crying, grieving, lamenting, weeping, wailing, lamentation of anyone suffering from misfortune, touched by a pain