ount Vepulla to the north of Vulture Peak in the mountain-ring of the Magadhans.)1 But when that person sees with right discernment the four Noble Truths– stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress, & the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress– having wandered on seven times at most, then, with the ending of all fetters, he makes an end of stress. Note 1. Magadha was a kingdom in the time of the Buddha, corresponding roughly to the present day state of Bihar. Its capital city, Rṅjagaha, was surrounded by a ring of five mountains. Vulture Peak, a secluded rock outcrop in the middle of the ring, was a spot frequented by the Buddha. See also: SN 15:3 - --> - - - -