{"id":"sn56.37","title":"The Simile of the Sun (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.37","title":"The Simile of the Sun (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn56.37:0","sourceIds":["sn56.37:0.1","sn56.37:0.2","sn56.37:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.37\n4. Sīsapāvanavagga\nPaṭhamasūriyasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.37\n4. In a Rosewood Forest\nThe Simile of the Sun (1st)"}},{"id":"sn56.37:1","sourceIds":["sn56.37:1.1","sn56.37:1.2","sn56.37:1.3","sn56.37:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sūriyassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—aruṇuggaṁ.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamayāya etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi.\nTassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ:\n‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānissati …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānissati.","en":"“Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise.\nIn the same way, for a mendicant right view is the forerunner and harbinger of truly comprehending the four noble truths.\nThat mendicant can expect to truly understand:\n‘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’."}},{"id":"sn56.37:2","sourceIds":["sn56.37:2.1","sn56.37:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"That’s why you should practice meditation …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.37/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}