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 9

Paṭhama Upannā or Uppāda Suttaṃ

Arisen (or Arising) (a)

Translated by F. L. Woodward

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[1][bodh] 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:

"Monks, these seven limbs of wisdom,
not having yet arisen,
if cultivated and made much of,
do arise,
but not without the manifestation of a Tathāgata,
an Arahant,
a fully enlightened one.

What seven?

The limb of wisdom that is mindfulness,
the limb of wisdom that is Norm investigation,
the limb of wisdom that is energy,
the limb of wisdom that is zest,
the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
the limb of wisdom that is equanimity.

These seven limbs of wisdom, monks
not having yet arisen,
if cultivated and made much of,
do arise,
but not without the manifestation of a Tathāgata,
an Arahant,
a fully enlightened one.