{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.16/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.16","id":"suttacentral_sn56.16","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.16/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, do you remember the four noble truths that I taught?\u201d When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha: \u201cI do, sir.\u201d \u201cHow so, mendicant?\u201d \u201cSir, I remember that suffering is the first noble truth you\u2019ve taught. For if any ascetic or brahmin should say this: \u2018What the ascetic Gotama teaches is not the first noble truth of suffering. I\u2019ll deny this first noble truth of suffering and describe another first noble truth of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. The origin of suffering \u2026 The cessation of suffering \u2026 The practice that leads to the cessation of suffering is the fourth noble truth you\u2019ve taught. For if any ascetic or brahmin should say this: \u2018What the ascetic Gotama teaches is not the fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. I\u2019ll deny this fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering and describe another fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. That\u2019s how I remember the four noble truths as you\u2019ve taught them.\u201d \u201cGood, good, mendicant! It\u2019s good that you remember the four noble truths as I\u2019ve taught them. Suffering is the first noble truth I\u2019ve taught, and that\u2019s how you should remember it. For if any ascetic or brahmin should say this: \u2018What the ascetic Gotama teaches is not the first noble truth of suffering. I\u2019ll deny this first noble truth of suffering and describe another first noble truth of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. The origin of suffering \u2026 The cessation of suffering \u2026 The practice that leads to the cessation of suffering is the fourth noble truth I\u2019ve taught, and that\u2019s how you should remember it. For if any ascetic or brahmin should say this: \u2018What the ascetic Gotama teaches is not the fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. I\u2019ll deny this fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering and describe another fourth noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. That\u2019s how you should remember the four noble truths as I\u2019ve taught them. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"Remembering (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":379}