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Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses)

oral tradition from c. 5th century BCE; written down c. 1st century BCEBuddhismAncient (before 200 BCE)The BuddhaScripture

The third of the five collections of discourses in the Pali Canon, grouping the Buddha's teachings by theme. It includes the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, traditionally the Buddha's first sermon, on the Four Noble Truths.

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“Birth is stressful, aging is stressful, death is stressful; sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair are stressful.”
— The Buddha, Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11), tr. Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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VerifiedsourceMaxim: Life contains suffering; begin by accepting it.Translation: Thanissaro Bhikkhu (free distribution)
“The noble truth of the origination of stress: the craving that makes for further becoming.”
— The Buddha, Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11), tr. Thanissaro Bhikkhu
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Craving is the root of suffering.Translation: Thanissaro Bhikkhu (free distribution)
“Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way realized by the Tathagata — producing vision, producing knowledge — leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to Unbinding.”
— The Buddha, Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11), tr. Thanissaro Bhikkhu
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Seek the middle way; avoid extremes.Translation: Thanissaro Bhikkhu (free distribution)