Mahavagga - Sixth Khandhaka: Chapter 29

1. And the Blessed One went to Kotigâma. There at Kotigâma the Blessed One
resided. And the Blessed One thus addressed the Bhikkhus:
'It is through not understanding and grasping four Noble Truths, O Bhikkhus,
that we have had to run so long, to wander so long in this weary path of
transmigration, both you and I. And what are
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these four? By not understanding and grasping the Noble Truth of Suffering, O
Bhikkhus; by not understanding and grasping the Noble Truth of the Cause of
suffering; by not understanding and grasping the Noble Truth of the Cessation of
suffering; by not understanding and grasping the Noble Truth of the Path which
leads to the cessation of suffering: thereby we have had to run so long, to
wander so long in this weary path of trans-migration, both you and I.
2. 'But now, O Bhikkhus, the Noble Truth of Suffering is understood and
grasped;' the Noble Truth of the Cause of suffering, &c., of the Cessation of
suffering, &c., of the Path which leads to the cessation of suffering is
understood and grasped. The craving for existence is rooted out; that which
leads to renewed existence is destroyed; and there is no more birth!
'By not seeing the four Noble Truths as they really are, long is the path that
is traversed through many a birth.
'Now these are grasped; the cause of birth is removed, the root of sorrow rooted
out, and there is no more birth.'