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Cultivating collectedness leads to discerning the Four Noble Truths.
Samādhi sutta - Collectedness
At Sāvatthi.
"Bhikkhus, cultivate collectedness. A bhikkhu who is collected discerns as it truly is. What does he discern as it truly is?
'This is suffering,' he discerns as it truly is; 'This is the arising of suffering,' he discerns as it truly is; 'This is the ending of suffering,' he discerns as it truly is; 'This is the way of practice leading to the ending of suffering,' he discerns as it truly is.
Cultivate collectedness, bhikkhus. A bhikkhu who is collected discerns as it truly is.
Therefore, bhikkhus, effort should be made to fully understand: 'This is suffering'; effort should be made to fully understand: 'This is the arising of suffering'; effort should be made to fully understand: 'This is the ending of suffering'; effort should be made to fully understand: 'This is the way of practice leading to the ending of suffering.'"