sn56.39:4.1 Suppose there was an iron pillar or an Indra’s pillar with deep foundations, firmly embedded, imperturbable and unshakable.
sn56.39:4.2 Even if violent storms were to blow up out of the east, the west, the north, and the south, they couldn’t make it shake or rock or tremble.
sn56.39:4.3 Why is that?
sn56.39:4.4 It’s because that Indra’s pillar is firmly embedded, with deep foundations.
sn56.39:4.5 In the same way, there are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
sn56.39:4.6 They don’t gaze up at the face of another ascetic or brahmin, thinking:
sn56.39:4.7 ‘Surely this worthy one knows and sees.’
sn56.39:4.8 Why is that?
sn56.39:4.9 It’s because they have clearly seen the four noble truths.
sn56.39:4.10 What four?
sn56.39:4.11 The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.