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SN 56.2PTS SN 5.4141 min read

Retreat

Paṭisallānasutta

Mendicants should develop seclusion so as to understand the four noble truths.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.2Linked Discourses 56.2
  • 0.21. Samādhivagga1. Immersion

0.3PaṭisallānasuttaRetreat

1.1PTS 5.415“Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.“Mendicants, meditate in retreat.11.2Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.A mendicant in retreat truly understands.1.3Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti?What do they truly understand?1.4‘Idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.1.5Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.Meditate in retreat.1.6Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.A mendicant in retreat truly understands.

2.1Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.That’s why you should practice meditation to understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.”

2.2Dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. See note on SN 22.6:1.2.

    ↩ sn56.2:1.1