Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa nidānasambhavo? Taṇhā, bhikkhave, dukkhassa nidānasambhavo. Katamā ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa vemattatā? Atthi, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ adhimattaṁ, atthi parittaṁ, atthi dandhavirāgi, atthi khippavirāgi. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhassa vemattatā. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa vipāko? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco yena dukkhena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto socati kilamati paridevati, urattāḷiṁ kandati, sammohaṁ āpajjati, yena vā pana dukkhena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto bahiddhā pariyeṭṭhiṁ āpajjati: ‘ko ekapadaṁ dvipadaṁ jānāti imassa dukkhassa nirodhāyā’ti? Sammohavepakkaṁ vāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ vadāmi pariyeṭṭhivepakkaṁ vā. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhassa vipāko. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodho? Taṇhānirodho, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodho. Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo dukkhassa nirodhagāminī paṭipadā, seyyathidaṁ— sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako evaṁ dukkhaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ dukkhassa nidānasambhavaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ dukkhassa vemattataṁ pajānāti, evaṁ dukkhassa vipākaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ dukkhanirodhaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti, so imaṁ nibbedhikaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pajānāti dukkhanirodhaṁ. Dukkhaṁ, bhikkhave, veditabbaṁ, dukkhassa nidānasambhavo veditabbo, dukkhassa vemattatā veditabbā, dukkhassa vipāko veditabbo, dukkhanirodho veditabbo, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā veditabbāti. Iti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ. Ayaṁ kho so, bhikkhave, nibbedhikapariyāyo dhammapariyāyo”ti. Navamaṁ.

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