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Tonight I'll be continuing in the series of talks on the Satipatanasuta, this course on the four foundations of mindfulness. Tonight begin the discussion of the four noble truths.

And this is the last set of instructions the Buddha gave in this discourse.

It concludes the section on the fourth foundation of mindfulness, mindfulness of damas.

So this is what the suitor says, the instruction says.

Again monks, in regard to Damas, one abides contemplating Damas in terms of the

four noble truths.

And how does one contemplate Damas in terms of the four noble truths?

Here one knows as it really is.

This is Duka. One knows as it really is. This is Duka. One knows as it really is. This is the

arising of Duka. One knows as it really is. This is the cessation of Dukah and one knows as it really is this is the

way leading to the cessation of Dukk. So it's probably not by accident that the Buddha concludes the teachings, all of the teachings we've discussed in the Saty Patipitana Suta, that he concludes

them with this contemplation of these four truths, because they express the very essence of the Buddha's awakening.

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