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. The Mountain
Sutta 7
Kūṭ-Ā-gāra Suttaṃ
Peak[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
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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:
"Just as, monks, in a peaked house
all rafters whatsoever
go together to the peak,
slope to the peak,
join in the peak,
and of them all
the peak is reckoned chief,
even so, monks, the monk
who cultivates and makes much of
the seven limbs of wisdom,
slopes to Nibbāna,
inclines to Nibbāna,
tends to Nibbāna.
And how, monks, does a monk
who cultivates and makes much of
the seven limbs of wisdom
slope to Nibbāna,
incline to Nibbāna,
tend to Nibbāna?
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,
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.
Thus cultivated and made much of, monks,
the seven limbs of wisdom
slope to Nibbāna,
incline to Nibbāna,
tend to Nibbāna."
[1] Cf. supra, text 43; K.S. iii, 132.
