Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saɱyutta
7. Bodhi-Pakkhiya Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
7. On the Side of the Wisdom
Sutta 68
Dutiya Rukkha Suttaɱ
The Tree (b)
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] THUS have I heard:
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, of all trees whatsoever
of the Devas of the Thirty-Three,
the coral tree is reckoned chief,[1]
even so, of all conditions whatsoever
which are on the side of the wisdom,
the controlling faculty of insight is reckoned chief,
that is, for attaining the wisdom.
And of what sort, monks,
are the conditions that are on the side of the wisdom?
They are the controlling faculty of faith,
the controlling faculty of energy,
the controlling faculty of mindfulness,
the controlling faculty of concentration,
the controlling faculty of insight.
"Just as, monks, of all trees whatsoever
of the Devas of the Thirty-Three,
the coral tree is reckoned chief,
even so, of all conditions whatsoever
which are on the side of the wisdom,
the controlling faculty of insight is reckoned chief,
that is, for attaining the wisdom.
[1] Pāricchattako (umbrella tree) is described in detail at A. iv, 117 ff.; JA. l, 202. According to Childers it is erythima indica.
