DN22.4.5.3. The Cessation of Suffering

Mahasatipaṭṭhāna Sutta ("The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation")

And what is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering?

It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving with nothing left over; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not adhering to it.

Whatever in the world seems nice and pleasant, it is there that craving is given up and ceases.

And what in the world seems nice and pleasant? The eye in the world seems nice and pleasant, and it is there that craving is given up and ceases. …


Considerations regarding thoughts in the world seem nice and pleasant, and it is there that craving is given up and ceases.

This is called the noble truth of the cessation of suffering.



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