“Bhikkhus, there are these four floods. What four? The flood of sensuality, the flood of existence, the flood of views, the flood of ignorance. These are the four floods. This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge of these four floods, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning.”
sn.45.171 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Floods
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Floods
At Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, there are these four floods.
What four?
The floods of sensuality, desire to be reborn, views, and ignorance.
These are the four floods.
The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four floods.”
(This should be expanded as in the section on searches.)