Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
4. Nīvaraṇa Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
4. On Hindrances
Sutta 37
Vuddhi (or Aparihāni?) Suttaṃ
Increase or Not Decrease
Translated by F. L. Woodward
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Once the Exalted One once addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"These seven limbs of wisdom, monks,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduce to increase
and not to decrease.
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 equinimity.
These seven limbs of wisdom, monks,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduce to increase
and not to decrease."
