Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sotāpatti Saṃyutta
6. Sappañña Vagga

Sutta 61

Paññā-Vepullata Suttaṃ

Four Fruitful Things: Bountiful Wisdom

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time The Lucky Man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta Grove.

There then, The Lucky Man addressed the beggars:

"Beggars!"

And the Bhikkhus responding:
"Bhadante!",
The Lucky Man said this:

"Four, beggars, are things,
developed,
made a big thing of,
that conduce to,
culminate in,
have fruition in bountiful wisdom.

What four?

[1] Association with good men
[2] Hearing True Dhamma
[3] Tracing things to their point of origin,
[4] Conducting one's self in accordance with the lessons in the teachings.^[1]

These four things, beggars,
developed,
made a big thing of,
that conduce to,
culminate in,
have fruition in bountiful wisdom."

 

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^[1] Dhamm-ā-nu-Dhamma. Following the Dhamma in the Dhamma.