Knowledge of the Path to Cessation of Suffering : หน้า 206/263

3.8.1 Dukkhanirodhagāminī Saccāṇa: Knowledge of the existence of Path to the Cessation of Suffering. 3.8.2 Dukkhanirodhagāminī Kiccaṇāṇa: Knowledge of what must be done in relation to Path to the Cessation of Suffering. 3.8.3 Dukkhanirodhagāminī Kataṇāṇa: The Knowledge that what must be done has been done in relation to Path to the Cessation of Suffering. These twelve stages of the Cycle of Examination is the product of multiplying the Four Noble Truths by the Three Cycles of Examination. The cyclical pathway of attainment is rather like the way a nut gradually makes progress along the screw-thread of a bolt by rotating (not like an electric fan which rotates without getting anywhere). For progress with enlightenment, progressing in the cycle eradicates the defilements as it rotates. The first circuit is the cycle of “Saccāṇa” — the knowledge of the existence of each of the Noble Truths. The second circuit is the cycle of “Kiccaṇāṇa” — the knowledge of what must be done in relation to each of the Noble Truths. The third circuit is the cycle of “Kataṇāṇa” — the knowledge that what must be done in relation to each of the Noble Truths has been completed. “O! Monks! If the Tathāgata had not fully completed these three cycles with their twelve components, I would not say that the Tathāgata has attained enlightenment as a fully self-enlightened Buddha. However, because the Tathāgata has completed these three cycles with their twelve components in their entirety, the Tathāgata dares to claim enlightenment as a fully self-enlightened Buddha, unexcelled in