Not given — continuing directly from SN 56.19's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A direct claim about all four truths together, then this vagga's own closing colophon and uddāna
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★ — confirmed by direct reading of the root colophon as the close of Vagga 2, ten discourses (SN 56.11-20)
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading of its own root colophon, this discourse closes Vagga 2 (“Dhammacakkappavattanavaggo dutiyo”) with a direct claim: the four noble truths are “tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni” — “real, not unreal, not otherwise” — making explicit the fixed content this project already noted anticipated at SN 56.19, this vagga's own previous discourse on the truths' own unlimited expression.
Reading guide
Fixed content, made explicit
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse states directly what SN 56.19 only implied: the four truths themselves — unlike the “limitless arrangements, phrasings, and illustrations” used to teach them — are themselves unchanging, real, not otherwise than stated, closing this vagga's own progression from the twelve-aspect formula (SN 56.12) through definitions, dialogues, and precise terms to this final claim of the truths' own fixed reality.
A ten-title uddāna, confirmed against this project's own SN 56.11-20
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own closing uddāna (“The wheel of Dhamma, the Realized Ones, the aggregates and the sense field; two on remembering, ignorance, knowledge, expressions, and real”) lists exactly ten titles, matching this project's own SN 56.11 through SN 56.20 precisely — including SN 56.11 itself, this project's own earlier absorbed pre-existing page.
Key terms
cattārimāni, bhikkhave, tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni — “mendicants, these four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise” — this discourse's own opening and closing claim, framing all four truths together
tatha — “real, true, so” — the key term giving this discourse its own title, sharing its own root with “tathāgata” (“the Realized One,” literally “thus-gone”) already met at SN 56.12
avitatha — “not unreal, not false” — the negative complement to “tatha”
dasamaṁ. dhammacakkappavattanavaggo dutiyo — “tenth. the second vagga [ends]” — the root colophon's own vagga-closing marker
dhammacakkaṁ tathāgataṁ, khandhā āyatanena ca; dhāraṇā ca dve avijjā, vijjā saṅkāsanā tathāti — the closing uddāna's own ten titles, confirmed by direct reading to match SN 56.11 through SN 56.20 exactly
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. The vagga-closing colophon and uddāna verse are left untranslated in the consulted English source, as at several earlier vagga closes throughout this project's own work. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, these four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise. What four? ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’ … These four things are real, not unreal, not otherwise.
§2That’s why you should practice meditation …”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What does this discourse's own root colophon confirm, according to this project's own direct reading?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon, not assumed in advance.
Question 2 of 3
What does this discourse make explicit that SN 56.19 only implied, per this project's own reading?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — this discourse's own explicit claim of fixed reality, contrasted with SN 56.19's own claim about expression.
Question 3 of 3
What does this discourse's own closing uddāna confirm about this project's own SN 56.11-20?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — a clean, exact match to this project's own tracked structure.
