1.1“‘Dukkhaṁ, dukkhan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘suffering’.1.2Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, dukkhan”ti?What is suffering?”

1.3“Tisso imā, āvuso, dukkhatā.“Reverend, there are these three forms of suffering.1.4Dukkhadukkhatā, saṅkhāradukkhatā, vipariṇāmadukkhatā—The suffering inherent in painful feeling; the suffering inherent in conditions; and the suffering inherent in perishing.¹1.5imā kho, āvuso, tisso dukkhatā”ti.These are the three forms of suffering.”

1.6“Atthi panāvuso maggo atthi paṭipadā, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these forms of suffering?”

1.7“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.“There is.” …

1.8“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?1.9“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāya, seyyathidaṁ—1.10sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.1.11Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.1.12“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etāsaṁ dukkhatānaṁ pariññāya.1.13Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

1.14Cuddasamaṁ.