Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.22

24.5.22

是時，世尊告五比丘：「汝等當知，有此四諦。云何為四？苦諦、苦習諦、苦盡諦、苦出要諦。彼云何名為苦諦？所謂生苦、老苦、病苦、死苦、憂悲惱苦、愁憂苦痛，不可稱記。怨憎會苦、恩愛別苦、所欲不得，亦復是苦，取要言之，五盛陰苦，是謂苦諦。

The Bhagavān then told the five monks, “You should know, there are these four truths. What are the four? The truth of suffering, truth of suffering’s formation, truth of suffering’s cessation, and the truth of suffering’s escape.

“What’s called the truth of suffering? It’s the suffering of birth, suffering of old age, suffering of illness, suffering of death, suffering of sorrow, and suffering of grief, which cannot be described. It’s also the suffering of association with what’s disliked, suffering of separation from what’s liked, and the suffering of not getting what’s desired. Essentially speaking, it’s the suffering of the five proliferating aggregates. This is called the truth of suffering.