Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
2. Gilāna Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
2. The Sick Man
Sutta 12
Paṭhama Suriyassa Upamā Suttaṃ
The Simile of the Sun (a)
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, the dawn is the forerunner,
the harbinger,
of the sun's arising,
even so friendship with what is lovely
is the forerunner,
the harbinger
of the arising
of the seven limbs of wisdom in a monk.
Of a monk who is a friend of what is lovely
this may be expected:
that he will cultivate the seven limbs of wisdom,
that he will make much of the seven limbs of wisdom.
And how does a monk
who is a friend of what is lovely
cultivate and make much of
the seven limbs of wisdom?
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.
That, monks, is how a monk,
who is a friend of what is lovely
cultivates and makes much of
the seven limbs of wisdom."
