Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta
5. Cakka-Vatti Vagga

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter II (46): Connected Discourses on the Factors of Enlightenment
V. Wheel-Turning Monarch

Sutta 46

Dalidda Suttaṁ

Poor

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[2][pts] At Sāvatthī.

"Venerable sir, it is said, 'poor, poor.'

In what way, venerable sir, is one called 'poor'?"

"Bhikkhus, it is because one has not developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment that one is called 'poor.'

What seven?"

(/As above./)