The Four Noble Truths are : 1. The Noble Truth of suffering; 2. The Noble Truth of the cause of suffering; 3. The Noble Truth of the cessation of suffering and 4. The Noble Truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering (The Truth of The Path)
4. The Truth of the Path
Therein what is the Noble Truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering? Only this Noble Eight Constituent Path. Namely: — Right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
Therein what is right view? Knowledge of suffering, knowledge of the cause of suffering, knowledge of the cessation of suffering, knowledge of the way leading to the cessation of suffering. This is called right view.
Therein what is right thought? Thought (associated with) renunciation, thought (associated with) absence of illwill, thought (associated with) absence of cruelty. This is called right thought.
Therein what is right speech? Abstaining from false speech, abstaining from slanderous speech, abstaining from harsh speech, abstaining from frivolous speech. This is called right speech.
Therein what is right action? Abstaining from killing beings, abstaining from taking that which is not given, abstaining from sexual misconduct. This is called right action.
Therein what is right livelihood? Herein a noble disciple, having abandoned wrong livelihood, makes a living by means of right livelihood. This is called right livelihood.
Therein what is right effort? Herein a bhikkhu engenders wish, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts the mind, strives for the non- arising of evil, bad states that have not arisen; engenders wish, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts the mind, strives for the abandoning of evil, bad states that have arisen; engenders wish, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts the mind, strives for the arising of good states that have not arisen ; engenders wish, makes effort, arouses energy, exerts the mind, strives for the stabilizing, for the collocation, for the increase, for the maturity, for the development, for the completion of good states that have arisen. This is called right effort.
Therein what is right mindfulness? Herein a bhikkhu dwells contemplating body in the body, ardent, aware, mindful, removing covetousness and mental pain in the world (i.e., in the body). In feelings. :P: In consciousness. :P: Dwells contemplating ideational object in ideational objects (i.e., the aggregates of perception and mental concomitants), ardent, aware, mindful, removing covetousness and mental pain in the world (i.e., in ideational objects). This is called right mindfulness.
P = Complete each in general form of first example.
Therein what is right concentration? Herein a bhikkhu, aloof from sense pleasures, aloof from bad states, attains and dwells in the first jhana accompanied by initial application, accompanied by sustained application, with zest and pleasure born of detachment ; inhibiting initial application and sustained application he attains and dwells in the second jhana with internal refinement, exalted development of mind, without initial application, without sustained application, with zest and pleasure born of concentration; he, desireless of zest, dwells equable, mindful, aware, and he experi- ences pleasure by way of the body (of mental aggregates) ; this the Noble Ones declare, “The equable, mindful dweller in pleasure”; he attains and dwells in the third jhana; by the abandoning of pleasure and by the abandoning of pain, then first terminating mental pleasure and mental pain he attains and dwells in the fourth jhana (which is) neither pain nor pleasure (but is) purity of mindful- ness caused by equanimity. This is called right concentation.
THIS IS CALLED THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE WAY LEADING TO THE CESSATION OF SUFFERING
[The Tripitak, Abhidharma Pitak, Vibhanga 4:1:4 (Saccha Vibhanga)]
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