There are Four Floods (sutra)

Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Ven. Thanissaro (trans.) Ogha Sutra: Floods (1) (SN 45.171)

Thus have I heard. At one time the Buddha was residing in Savatthi...where he said: "Meditators, there are four 'floods'! What are the four?

1. The flood of sensuality
2. the flood of becoming
3. the flood of views
4. the flood of ignorance.

"These are the four floods. And this Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for directly knowing, comprehending, totally ending, and abandoning these four floods.

"What is this Noble Eightfold Path? Here a meditator develops right view depending on seclusion, depending on dispassion [the result of seeing things as they truly are], depending on cessation, and resulting in letting go.

"One develops right intention... right speech... right action... right livelihood... right effort... right mindfulness... right concentration depending on seclusion, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, and resulting in letting go.

"This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge, for comprehension, for the total ending, and for the abandoning of these four floods."

• See also SN 1.1; AN 4.10; Sn 5