“Bhikkhus, there are these five dukkha subject to clinging. What five? The dukkha aggregate subject to clinging, the dukkha aggregate subject to clinging, the dukkha aggregate subject to clinging, the dukkha dukkhations aggregate subject to clinging, the dukkha aggregate subject to clinging.
“So long as I did not directly know as they really are the five dukkha subject to clinging in four phases, I did not claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world with its devas, Mara, and Brahma, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans. But when I directly knew all this as it really is, then I claimed to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world with … its devas and humans.
“And how, bhikkhus, are there four phases? I directly knew dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation. I directly knew dukkha … dukkha … dukkha dukkhations … dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation.
“And what, bhikkhus, is dukkha? The four great elements and the dukkha derived from the four great elements: this is called dukkha. With the arising of nutriment there is the arising of dukkha. With the cessation of nutriment there is the cessation of dukkha. This Noble Eightfold Path is the way leading to the cessation of dukkha; that is, right view … right concentration.
“Whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation, are practising for the purpose of revulsion towards dukkha, for its fading away and cessation, they are practising well. Those who are practising well have gained a foothold in this Dhamma and Discipline.
“And whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation, through revulsion towards dukkha, through its fading away and cessation, are liberated by nonclinging, they are well liberated. Those who are well liberated are consummate ones. As to those consummate ones, there is no round for describing them.
“And what, bhikkhus, is dukkha? There are these six classes of dukkha: dukkha born of eye-contact, dukkha born of ear-contact, dukkha born of nose-contact, dukkha born of tongue-contact, dukkha born of body-contact, dukkha born of mind-contact. This is called dukkha. With the arising of contact there is the arising of dukkha. With the cessation of contact there is the cessation of dukkha. This Noble Eightfold Path is the way leading to the cessation of dukkha; that is, right view … right concentration.
“Whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation, are practising for the purpose of revulsion towards dukkha, for its fading away and cessation, they are practising well. Those who are practising well have gained a foothold in this Dhamma and Discipline.
“And whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha … and the way leading to its cessation … As to those consummate ones, there is no round for describing them.
“And what, bhikkhus, is dukkha? There are these six classes of dukkha: dukkha of dukkhas, dukkha of sounds, dukkha of odours, dukkha of tastes, dukkha of tactile objects, dukkha of mental phenomena. This is called dukkha. With the arising of contact there is the arising of dukkha. With the cessation of contact there is the cessation of dukkha. This Noble Eightfold Path is the way leading to the cessation of dukkha; that is, right view … right concentration.
“Whatever ascetics and brahmins … As to those consummate ones, there is no round for describing them.
“And what, bhikkhus, are dukkha dukkhations? There are these six classes of dukkha: dukkha regarding dukkhas, dukkha regarding sounds, dukkha regarding odours, dukkha regarding tastes, dukkha regarding tactile objects, dukkha regarding mental phenomena. This is called dukkha dukkhations. With the arising of contact there is the arising of dukkha dukkhations. With the cessation of contact there is the cessation of dukkha dukkhations. This Noble Eightfold Path is the way leading to the cessation of dukkha dukkhations; that is, right view … right concentration.
“Whatever ascetics and brahmins … … As to those consummate ones, there is no round for describing them.
“And what, bhikkhus, is dukkha? There are these six classes of dukkha: eye-dukkha, ear-dukkha, nose-dukkha, tongue-dukkha, body-dukkha, mind-dukkha. This is called dukkha. With the arising of name-and-dukkha there is the arising of dukkha. With the cessation of name-and-dukkha there is the cessation of dukkha. This Noble Eightfold Path is the way leading to the cessation of dukkha; that is, right view … right concentration.
“Whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation, are practising for the purpose of revulsion towards dukkha, for its fading away and cessation, they are practising well. Those who are practising well have gained a foothold in this Dhamma and Discipline.
“And whatever ascetics and brahmins, having thus directly known dukkha, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation, through revulsion towards dukkha, through its fading away and cessation, are liberated by nonclinging, they are well liberated. Those who are well liberated are consummate ones. As to those consummate ones, there is no round for describing them.” SN22.56 Dukkhafied
This is beautiful.
