Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
20. Opamma Saṃuttaṃ

Sutta 1

Kūṭa Suttaṃ

The Ridge-Beam

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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[1][rhyc][olds] I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.

There he addressed the monks:

"Monks!"

"Yes, lord," the monks responded to him.

The Blessed One said,

"Monks, just as all the rafters in a ridge-roofed house go to the ridge-beam, converge on the ridge-beam, and are removed when the ridge-beam is removed, in the same way, all unskillful qualities are rooted in ignorance, converge on ignorance, and are removed when ignorance is removed.

"Therefore, monks, you should train yourselves:

'We will dwell heedfully.'

That's how you should train yourselves."

 

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Of Related Interest:

SN 48:52;
AN 10:15