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

#### The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
5. Roller of the Wheel

#### Sutta 50

#### Dutiya Aṅga Suttaṁ

# Factor (b)

Translated by F. L. Woodward

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[1][bodh] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"As a matter concerning the outside,[1] monks,
I see no other single factor
so potent for the arismg of the seven limbs of wisdom as
friendship with what is lovely.

Of a monk who is a friend what is lovely
we may expect 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."

[1] Comy. seems to regard the difference thus: Your own person, hair, nails, or cleanliness is ajjhattikaṇ; your robe, lodging, etc., is bahiraṇ.

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