4: The Book of the Fours
142. Radiances
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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1 There are, O bhikkhus, these four lights. Which four?
2 The light of the moon, The light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom.
3 These, O bhikkhus, are the four lights. Of these four lights, O bhikkhus, this is the highest, namely, “the light of wisdom”
1 catasso imā bhikkhave pabhā. katamā catasso?
2 candappabhā, suriyappabhā aggippabhā, paññāppabhā.
3 imā kho bhikkhave catasso pabhā. etadaggaṃ bhikkhave imāsaṃ catassannaṃ pabhānaṃ yadidaṃ paññāppabhāti.