Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
1. Pabbata Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom[1]
1. The Mountain
Sutta 1
Himavanta Suttaṃ
Himālaya[2]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
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[1][than][bodh] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Supported, monks, by Himalaya,
lord of mountains,
snakes grow a body
and get strength.
When they have grown a body
and got strength there,
they go down to the tarns.
From the tarns
they go down to the lakes,
From the lakes
they go down to the small rivers,
From the small rivers
they go down to the great rivers,
From the great rivers
they go down to the sea,
they go down to the mighty ocean.
There they get great size and growth of body.
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Just so, monks, a monk supported by virtue,
fixed in virtue,
cultivating the seven limbs of wisdom
and making much of them,
wins to greatness and growth in conditions.[3]
And how does a monk supported by virtue,
fixed in virtue,
cultivating the seven limbs of wisdom
and making much of them,
wins to greatness and growth in conditions?
Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,[ed1]
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
That is how a monk supported by virtue,
fixed in virtue,
by [52] cultivating the seven limbs of wisdom
and making much of them,
wins to greatness and growth in conditions."
[2] Cf. supra, I, 6, in. Are nāgā here eels?
[3] Comy. refers to Kosala-Saṃyutta; S. i, 68-102; K.S. i, 93 ff.
[ed1] Woodward omits.
