Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
15. Ābhā Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter XV: Splendour
Sutta 144
Brilliance
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1][than][ed1] 'Monks, there are these four brilliances.
What four?
The brilliance of the moon,
of the sun,
of fire
and of wisdom.
These are the four.
Of these four, monks, the brilliance of wisdom is the chief.'
[ed1] No nidana is given for this sutta or this section of suttas.