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discourse, the Buddha returns to Isipatana, where he delivered The First Discourse, in the company of his two principal disciples SÄriputta and MoggallÄna. He encourages his audience to cultivate the friendship of these two in their practice of the path with the words: âSÄriputta is like a pregnant woman (janetÄ); MoggallÄna is like a midwife (jÄtassa ÄpÄdetÄ).â Although this sutta is said to be an exposition of the four ânoble truths,â when SÄriputta is invited by the Buddha to explain them, his presentation covers the definition of the four, but ignores the concluding sections of The First Discourse, which describe them as four tasks to be recognized, performed and accomplished. Bibliography: Abbreviations: M. Majjhima NikÄya (Tr. ÃÄnamoli and Bodhi, 1995) MMK. MÅ«lamadhyamakakÄrikÄ (Tr. Garfield, 1995) S. Saá¹yutta NikÄya (Tr. Bodhi, 2000) Sn. Sutta-NipÄta (Tr. Norman, 2001) Anderson, Carol S. Pain and its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the TheravÄda Buddhist Canon. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2001. Batchelor, Stephen. Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. New York: Riverhead, 1997. ------. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (Tr.) The Connected Discourses of the Buddha (Saá¹yutta NikÄya ). Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2000. 38
