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The Fully Awakened Buddha

Sammāsambuddhasutta

The Realized One is called the Buddha because he understands the four noble truths.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.23Linked Discourses 56.23
  • 0.23. Koṭigāmavagga3. At the Village of Koṭi

0.3SammāsambuddhasuttaThe Fully Awakened Buddha

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, ariyasaccāni.“Mendicants, there are these four noble truths.1.3Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.4Dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ—The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.1.5imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ariyasaccāni.These are the four noble truths.1.6Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisambuddhattā tathāgato ‘arahaṁ sammāsambuddho’ti vuccati.It is because he has truly understood these four noble truths that the Realized One is called ‘the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha’.

2.1Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.That’s why you should practice meditation …”

2.2Tatiyaṁ.