The
3rd Noble Truth: Ceasing of Craving Stops Suffering!
The blessed Buddha once said:
One
should dwell reflecting on all phenomena as mental states in the light
of these Four Noble Truths. How does one do so?
Here, one sees, understands, and knows this as it verily is:
1: All this and such is suffering!
2: Craving is the cause
and origin
of all suffering!
3: Absence of craving is therefore the ceasing of
all suffering!
4: This Noble 8-fold Way is the method to eradicate all suffering!
And what, monks, is the 3rd Noble Truth on the Ceasing of
Suffering?
It is the complete fading away, ceasing, elimination,
and eradication of all
craving.
It is the relinquishing release from craving, the detaching liberation from
craving.
And how is such freeing removal of craving, how is such ceasing
of craving gained?
Wherever in the world there is anything attractive and pleasant, it is right
there,
and right then, on the spot, that this
craving is deliberately left behind
and ceases...
And what is there in this world, that is attractive and pleasant?
The eye, in this world, is attractive and pleasant, the ear, the nose, the
tongue,
the body, the mind is attractive and pleasant, and there this craving ceases
and
gradually fades away. Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and mental
states
are attractive and amusing, and there this craving ceases bit by bit,
and thus stops.
Eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness,
tongue-consciousness,
body-consciousness, mental-consciousness in this world is attractive
and alluring,
and there this craving ceases and finally finishes.
All Eye-contact,
ear-contact,
nose-contact, tongue-contact, body-contact, mental-contact in this world is
attractive and tempting, and there this craving ceases and slowly
fades away.
Any
feeling born
of
eye-contact, ear-contact, nose-contact, tongue- contact,
body-contact, mind-contact in the world is appealing
and fascinating, and
right
there this craving ceases and steadily dies.
The perception and experience of
any sights,
sounds, smells, tastes, tangibles, and thoughts
is quite interesting
and
captivating,
and there this craving ceases and grows dim.
Intention, wishing,
wanting and
hoping for certain sights, sounds, smells,
tastes, touches,
thoughts,
ideas, and mental states is enthralling and intriguing, and there this craving
ceases
and
dissolves itself. The craving itself, the
drive, push and rush for
various
sights,
sounds, smells, tastes, tangibles, and many mental-objects
in this world is
attractive
and seductive, and there this craving also ceases, and is progressively
eliminated.
Thinking of any sights, sounds, smells,
tastes, tangibles, and mental-objects in
this
world is attractive and tantalizing, there this craving ceases
and fades off drop by drop.
Prolonged pondering on certain sights, sounds, smells, tastes, tangibles
and the
manifold
diversity of mental objects in this world is attractive and enticing,
and there this craving
also fades away, is stilled, ceases,
and is finally all
eliminated...
And that, Bhikkhus, is called the 3rd Noble Truth on the ceasing
of Suffering...
The extinguishing of
the fire of
Craving
(Tanhā)
ceases all Suffering!
More on the 3rd Noble Truth: The End of all Suffering!
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Ceasing_of_Suffering.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stilling_of_Clinging.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Signless_Nibbana.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Nibbana_True_Peace.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Peace.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Long Speeches of the Buddha.
Digha Nikāya. Book II
[306-314]
Thread: The Foundations of Awareness.
Mahāsatipatthāna
Sutta 22.
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/dn/index.html
