Dear friends,
Dhammacakkappavattanasutta:
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Ida.m kho pana, bhikkhave, dukkhasamudaya.m ariyasacca.m - yaaya.m
ta.nhaa ponobbhavikaa, nandiraagasahagataa tatratatraabhinandinii,
seyyathida.m, - kaamata.nhaa, bhavata.nhaa, vibhavata.nhaa.
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Ida.m kho pana/, bhikkhave/, dukkhasamudaya.m/ ariyasacca.m/
Now this indeed/, monks,/ origin of suffering / noble truth /
- yaaya.m ta.nhaa/ ponobbhavikaa/, nandiraaga/ /
sahagataa/
which (is) this craving/ leading to rebirth/, passionate delight/,
connected/
tatratatra/ / abhinandinii,/ seyyathida.m,/ - kaamata.nhaa/,
here and there /finding pleasure,/ namely/ /craving for
sensual pleasures/
bhavata.nhaa/, vibhavata.nhaa./
craving for existence/, craving for non-existence.
Now this, monks, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: this
very craving leading to rebirth, connected with passionate delight,
finding pleasure here and there, namely: craving for sensual
pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for non-existence.
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Ida.m kho pana, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodha.m ariyasacca.m - yo
tassaayeva ta.nhaaya asesaviraaganirodho, caago, pa.tinissaggo,
mutti, anaalayo.
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Ida.m kho pana, /bhikkhave,/dukkhanirodha.m / ariyasacca.m/
- This indeed now/ /
monks/, cessation of suffering/ noble truth/
yo tassaayeva/ ta.nhaaya/ asesa/ /viraaga/ /nirodho/,
which of this / of craving, / complete / fading away /cessation
Now this, monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering:
the complete fading away and cessation of this very craving, the
giving up and forsaking of it, freedom from it, and non-attachment to
it.
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N: We can find out that attachment arises countless times, more often
than we ever thought. From morning until night we are seeking things
for ourselves, also at this moment.
Do we not want comfort, freedom from pain? We are hungry and are
seeking food. All the time we want things for ourselves. This seeking
and trying to get things keep us in the cycle of birth and death. We
cling to the idea of self: when we are seeing, hearing or thinking
there may be an idea of self who does so. When we realise this more
in our life we can also acquire some idea of what freedom from such
craving could be, the third noble Truth.
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Nina.
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