4.
The Second Discourse on the Son of Good Family
1074.
"Whatever sons of good family, monks, in the past period of time, having rightly gone forth from home into homelessness, fully realised as it really is, all of them fully realised the four noble truths as they really are.
Whatever sons of good family, monks, in the future period of time, having rightly gone forth from home into homelessness, will fully realise as it really is, all of them will fully realise the four noble truths as they really are.
Whatever sons of good family, monks, at present, having rightly gone forth from home into homelessness, fully realise as it really is, all of them fully realise the four noble truths as they really are.
"What are the four? The noble truth of suffering, the noble truth of the origin of suffering, the noble truth of the cessation of suffering, the noble truth of the practice leading to the cessation of suffering. Whatever sons of good family, monks, in the past period of time, having rightly gone forth from home into homelessness, fully realised as it really is, etc. will fully realise, etc. fully realise, all of them fully realise these four noble truths as they really are.
"Therefore, monks, exertion is to be done regarding 'This is suffering', etc. exertion is to be done regarding 'This is the practice leading to the cessation of suffering.'" The fourth.