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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Faculties: SN48:51 Sala

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu viharati sālāya brāhmaṇagāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:  "seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā, sīho migarājā tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṃ – thāmena javena sūrena; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṃ tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṃ – bodhāya.

2 Katame ca, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā? Saddhindriyaṃ, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṃ bodhāya saṃvattati; vīriyindriyaṃ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṃ bodhāya saṃvattati; satindriyaṃ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṃ bodhāya saṃvattati; samādhindriyaṃ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṃ bodhāya saṃvattati; paññindriyaṃ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṃ bodhāya saṃvattati. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā, sīho migarājā tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṃ – thāmena javena sūrena; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṃ tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṃ – bodhāyā"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.