Daily Sūtra 14—the End of Suffering (Parivīmaṁsanasutta)
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 25/12/2021

Buddha explains to the monks how to end the suffering endemic to living in the material world by the process of self-investigation (ātmā-vichāra):

“Sabbaso vā pana jātiyā asati, jātinirodhā api nu kho jarāmaraṇaṁ paññāyethā’ti?”
“No hetaṁ, bhante.”
“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhave; evametaṁ, bhikkhave, netaṁ aññathā. Saddahatha me taṁ, bhikkhave, adhimuccatha; nikkaṅkhā ettha hotha nibbicikicchā. Esevanto dukkhassā’ti.”
— Parivīmaṁsanasutta (Saṁyutta Nikāya, Dukkhavagga 6)

Buddha: “When there are utterly no desires, no objective consciousness, no name-and-form, no six sense bases, no contact, no feeling, no craving, no clinging, no becoming, no birth—with the cessation of birth, would aging-and-death be discerned?”
Monks: “No, venerable sir.”
Buddha: “Good, good, bhikkhus! It is exactly so and not otherwise! Place faith in me about this, bhikkhus, resolve on this. Be free from perplexity and doubt about this. Just this is the end of suffering.”

Complete text: https://suttacentral.net/sn12.51/en/bodhi?layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

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