Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sotāpatti Saṃyutta
6. Sappañña Vagga
Sutta 59
Paññā-Paṭilābhāya Suttaṃ
Four Fruitful Things: Gaining Wisdom
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time The Lucky Man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta Grove.
There then, The Lucky Man addressed the beggars:
"Beggars!"
And the Bhikkhus responding:
"Bhadante!",
The Lucky Man said this:
"Four, beggars, are things,
developed,
made a big thing of,
that conduce to,
culminate in,
have fruition in gaining wisdom.
What four?
[1] Association with good men
[2] Hearing True Dhamma
[3] Tracing things to their point of origin,
[4] Conducting one's self in accordance with the lessons in the teachings.[1]
"These four things, beggars,
developed,
made a big thing of,
that conduce to,
culminate in,
have fruition in gaining wisdom."
[1] Dhamm-ā-nu-Dhamma. Following the Dhamma in the Dhamma.
