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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Factors of Enlightenment: SN46:12 The Simile of the Sun (1)

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Sūriyassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaṃ pubbangamaṃ etaṃ pubbanimittaṃ, yadidaṃ – aruṇuggaṃ; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sattannaṃ bojjhangānaṃ uppādāya etaṃ pubbangamaṃ etaṃ nimittaṃ, yadidaṃ – kalyāṇamittatā. Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ – satta bojjhange bhāvessati, satta bojjhange bahulīkarissati.

2 Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto satta bojjhange bhāveti satta bojjhange bahulīkaroti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhangaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ … pe … upekkhāsambojjhangaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto satta bojjhange bhāveti, satta bojjhange bahulīkarotī"ti.

Dutiyaṃ.