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EndsEndsAt Sāvatthī.At Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, there are these four ends.“Mendicants, there are these four ends.

What four?What four?The end that is substantial reality, the end that is the origin of substantial reality, the end that is the cessation of substantial reality, and the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.The end that is substantial reality, the end that is the origin of substantial reality, the end that is the cessation of substantial reality, and the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.And what is the end that is substantial reality?And what is the end that is substantial reality?

It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.What five?What five?That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

This is called the end that is substantial reality.This is called the end that is substantial reality.And what is the end that is the origin of substantial reality?And what is the end that is the origin of substantial reality?It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights. That is,It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights. That is,

craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for nonexistence.craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for nonexistence.This is called the end that is the origin of substantial reality.This is called the end that is the origin of substantial reality.And what is the end that is the cessation of substantial reality?And what is the end that is the cessation of substantial reality?

It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving no residue left behind; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not clinging to it.It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving no residue left behind; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not clinging to it.This is called the end that is the cessation of substantial reality.This is called the end that is the cessation of substantial reality.And what is the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality?And what is the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality?

It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.This is called the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.This is called the end that is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.

These are the four ends.”These are the four ends.”