THIRD TRUTH

THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE EXTINCTION OF SUFFERING

  WHAT, now, is the Noble Truth of the Extinction of Suffering? It

is the complete fading away and extinction of this craving, its

forsaking and giving up, the liberation and detachment from it.

  But where may this craving vanish, where may it be extinguished?

Wherever in the world there are delightful and pleasurable things,

there this craving may vanish, there it may be extinguished.

  Be it in the past, present, or future, whosoever of the monks or

priests regards the delightful and pleasurable things in the world

as "impermanent," "miserable," and "without an Ego," as a disease

and cancer; it is he who overcomes the craving.

  And released from Sensual Craving, released from the Craving for

Existence, he does not return, does not enter again into existence.