Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses on the Truths: SN56:131 Passing Away from the Domain of Ghosts (6)
1 … "Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pettivisayā cutā devesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pettivisayā cutā pettivisaye paccājāyanti. Taṃ kissa hetu? Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṃ ariyasaccānaṃ. Katamesaṃ catunnaṃ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhasamudayassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhassa ariyasaccassa, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.
2 Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkhasamudayo’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodho’ti yogo karaṇīyo, ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.
3 Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.
Tiṃsatimaṃ.
Pañcagatipeyyālavaggo ekādasamo.
4 Manussato cutā chāpi,
devā cutā nirayato;
Tiracchānapettivisayā,
tiṃsamatto gativaggoti.
Saccasaṃyuttaṃ dvādasamaṃ.
Mahāvaggo pañcamo.
5 Maggabojjhangaṃ satiyā,
indriyaṃ sammappadhānaṃ;
Baliddhipādānuruddhā,
jhānānāpānasaṃyutaṃ;
Sotāpatti saccañcāti,
mahāvaggoti vuccatīti.
Mahāvaggasaṃyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.
Saṃyuttanikāyo samatto.