• Linked Discourses 56.26 Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.26
  • 3. At the Village of Koį¹­i 3. Koį¹­igāmavagga

Friends Mittasutta

ā€œMendicants, those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established in the true comprehension of the four noble truths. ā€œYe hi keci, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maƱƱeyyuṁ—mittā vā amaccā vā ƱātÄ« vā sālohitā vā—te vo, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhÅ«taṁ abhisamayāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiį¹­į¹­hāpetabbā.

What four? Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhasamudayassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paį¹­ipadāya ariyasaccassa. Those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established in the true comprehension of these four noble truths. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maƱƱeyyuṁ—mittā vā amaccā vā ƱātÄ« vā sālohitā vā—te vo, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ yathābhÅ«taṁ abhisamayāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiį¹­į¹­hāpetabbā.

That’s why you should practice meditation ā€¦ā€ Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ā€˜idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ā€˜ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminÄ« paį¹­ipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyoā€ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.