Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XII: Paccorohaṇī-Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XII: The Descent

Sutta 121

Pubbaṇgama Suttaṃ

The Harbinger

Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.

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[1] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Just as, monks, the dawn is the forerunner,
the harbinger^[1]
of the sun's arising,
even so of profitable states
this is the forerunner,
the harbinger,
namely, right view.

 

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From right view, monks, proceeds right thinking.

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From right thinking^[ed1], right speech.

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From right speech, right action.

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From right action, right living.

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From right living, right effort.

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From right effort, right mindfulness.

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From right mindfulness, right concentration.

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From right concentration, right knowledge.

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From right knowledge, right release."

 

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^[1] Pubba-nimittay; cf. K.S. v, 27.

 

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^[ed1] Here Woodward switches from 'intent' to 'thinking' for his translation of 'saṇkappa'.