Darkness Andhakṅra Sutta (SN 56:46)
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('â', This is stressâ; who do not know, as it has come to be, that ),
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('â', This is the origination of stressâ ⦠),
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('â', This is the cessation of stressâ ⦠),
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('â', This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stressâ: They revel in fabrications leading to birth; they revel in fabrications leading to aging; they revel in fabrications leading to death; they revel in fabrications leading to sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. Reveling in fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair, they fabricate fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. Fabricating fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair, they drop into the darkness of birth. They drop into the darkness of aging⦠the darkness of death⦠darkness of sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. They are not totally released from birth, aging, death, sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. They are not totally released, I tell you, from suffering & stress. "But as for any contemplatives or brahmans who do know, as it has come to be, that ),
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('â', This is stressâ; who know, as it has come to be, that ),
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('â', This is the origination of stressâ ⦠),
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('â', This is the cessation of stressâ ⦠),
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('â', This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stressâ: They donât revel in fabrications leading to birth; donât revel in fabrications leading to aging; donât revel in fabrications leading to death; donât revel in fabrications leading to sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. Not reveling in fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair, they donât fabricate fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. Not fabricating fabrications leading to birth⦠aging⦠death⦠sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair, they donât drop into the darkness of birth. They donât drop into the darkness of aging, donât drop into the darkness of death, donât drop into the darkness of sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair. They are totally released from birth, aging, death, sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. They are totally released, I tell you, from suffering & stress. "Therefore, monks, your duty is the contemplation, ),
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('â', This is stress ⦠This is the origination of stress ⦠This is the cessation of stress.â Your duty is the contemplation, ),
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('â', This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.â" - --> - - - -