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"And what is the noble method that is well-seen and well-penetrated by his wisdom? Here, householder, the noble disciple carefully and wisely attends to dependent origination itself..." He does – ‘When this exists, that comes to be; When this does not exist, that does not come to be; With the arising of this, that arises; With the cessation of this, that ceases. That is to say, With ignorance as condition, volitional formations; With volitional formations as condition, consciousness… …Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. But with the complete fading away and cessation of ignorance, volitional formations cease; With the cessation of volitional formations, consciousness ceases… …Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.’ This noble method is well seen and well penetrated by him with wisdom. “When, householder, these five fears and enmities are allayed in a noble disciple, when he is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry, and when this noble method is well seen and well penetrated by him with wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself: ‘I am one for whom hell is destroyed, The animal realm is destroyed, The realm of hungry ghosts is destroyed, The states of woe, the bad destinations, the lower realms are destroyed. I am a stream-enterer, Not subject to falling into states of woe, Assured, Bound for full enlightenment.’” 2. Second Discourse on the Five Fears and Enmities 42. Dwelling at Sāvatthī… “When, bhikkhus, these five fears and enmities are allayed in a noble disciple, when he is endowed with the four factors of stream-entry, and when this noble method is well seen and well penetrated by him with wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself: ‘I am one for whom hell is destroyed, The animal realm is destroyed, The realm of hungry ghosts is destroyed, The states of woe, the bad destinations, the lower realms are destroyed. I am a stream-enterer, Not subject to falling into states of woe, Assured, Bound for full enlightenment.’” “What are the five fears and enmities that are allayed? That, bhikkhus, which is a killer of living beings… …That, bhikkhus, which is a taker of what is not given… …That, bhikkhus, which is a wrongdoer in sensual pleasures… …That, bhikkhus, which is a speaker of falsehood… …That, bhikkhus, which is one who indulges in fermented and distilled liquors, the basis for heedlessness… …These five fears and enmities are allayed. “With what four factors of stream-entry is he endowed? Here, bhikkhus, a noble disciple is endowed with unwavering faith in the Buddha…” He is endowed with unwavering faith in the Buddha, unwavering faith in the Dhamma, unwavering faith in the Sangha, and with virtues dear to the noble ones. He is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry. And what is his noble method, well seen and well penetrated by wisdom? Here, monks, a noble disciple thoroughly and wisely attends to dependent origination... This is his noble method, well seen and well penetrated by wisdom. When, monks, for a noble disciple, these five fears and enmities are appeased, and he is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry, and this noble method is well seen and well penetrated by wisdom for him, then, if he wishes, he may declare of himself: 'I am one for whom hell is destroyed, for whom the animal realm is destroyed, for whom the realm of hungry ghosts is destroyed, for whom the states of woe, the bad destinations, the lower realms are destroyed. I am a stream-enterer, not subject to falling into states of woe, certain of enlightenment, bound for enlightenment.' Second. 3. Discourse on Suffering 43. Residing at Sāvatthī... 'Monks, I will teach the origin and cessation of suffering. Listen to that, attend carefully; I will speak.' 'Yes, venerable sir,' those monks replied to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this: And what, monks, is the origin of suffering? Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling; with feeling as condition, craving. This, monks, is the origin of suffering. Dependent on the ear and sounds, ear-consciousness arises... dependent on the nose and smells... dependent on the tongue and tastes... dependent on the body and tangible objects... dependent on the mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling; with feeling as condition, craving. This, monks, is the origin of suffering. And what, monks, is the cessation of suffering? Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling; Feeling is the condition for craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, there is the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, there is the cessation of becoming; with the cessation of becoming, there is the cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair cease. Thus there is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. This, monks, is the disappearance of suffering. "Dependent on the ear and sounds, ear-consciousness arises... dependent on the nose and odors... dependent on the tongue and tastes... dependent on the body and tactile objects... dependent on the mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is the condition for feeling; feeling is the condition for craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, there is the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, there is the cessation of becoming; with the cessation of becoming, there is the cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair cease. Thus there is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. This, monks, is the disappearance of suffering." The Third. 4. Discourse on the World 44. Dwelling at Savatthi... "Monks, I will teach you the origin and the disappearance of the world. Listen to it, attend carefully; I will speak." "Yes, venerable sir," those monks replied to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this: "And what, monks, is the origin of the world? Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is the condition for feeling; feeling is the condition for craving; craving is the condition for clinging; clinging is the condition for becoming; becoming is the condition for birth; birth is the condition for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair to arise. This, monks, is the origin of the world. "Dependent on the ear and sounds... dependent on the nose and odors... dependent on the tongue and tastes... dependent on the body and tactile objects... dependent on the mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three... and contact. From contact, feeling... From birth, aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair arise. This, indeed, monks, is the origin of the world. And what, monks, is the cessation of the world? Dependent on eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact, feeling; from feeling, craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, clinging ceases; with the cessation of clinging, becoming ceases... Thus, is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. This, indeed, monks, is the cessation of the world. Dependent on ear and sounds... dependent on nose and odors... dependent on tongue and tastes... dependent on body and tactile objects... dependent on mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact, feeling; from feeling, craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, clinging ceases; with the cessation of clinging, becoming ceases... Thus, is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. This, indeed, monks, is the cessation of the world. The Fourth. 5. The Ñātika Sutta 45. Thus have I heard – At one time the Blessed One was staying in Ñātika, at the Brick Hall. Then the Blessed One, having gone into seclusion, delivered this discourse on Dhamma – Dependent on eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact, feeling; from feeling, craving; from craving, clinging... Thus, is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. Dependent on ear and sounds... dependent on nose and odors... dependent on tongue and tastes... dependent on body and tactile objects... dependent on mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact, feeling; from feeling, craving; from craving, clinging... Thus, is the origin of this entire mass of suffering. Dependent on eye and Dependent on forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. Dependent on contact, feeling; dependent on feeling, craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, there is the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, there is the cessation of becoming… …Thus is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. Dependent on ear and sounds… …Dependent on mind and mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is contact. Dependent on contact, feeling; dependent on feeling, craving. With the complete fading away and cessation of that very craving, there is the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, there is the cessation of becoming… …Thus is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering. Now at that time, a certain bhikkhu was standing within earshot of the Blessed One. The Blessed One saw that bhikkhu standing within earshot.