Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
1. Pabbata Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
1. The Mountain

Sutta 5

Bhikkhu Suttaṃ

The Monk

Translated by F. L. Woodward

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[1][bodh][olds][than] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.

"Then a certain monk came to visit the Exalted One,
saluted him
and sat down at one side.

So seated that monk said this to the Exalted One:

"'Wisdom limb! Wisdom limb!' is the saying, lord.

Pray, lord, how far is this name applicable?"

"They conduce to wisdom, monk.

That is why they are so called.

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

As he cultivates these seven limbs of wisdom
he frees his heart from the āsava of sensuality,
from the āsava of becoming,
from the āsava of nescience.

The knowledge comes to him:

'Freed am I by being freed'
so that he fully knows:

'Cut off is rebirth,
lived is the holy life,
done is the task,
there is no more of being here for me.'

They conduce to wisdom, monk.

That is why they are so called."