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Brightness

Ābhāsutta

The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.141Numbered Discourses 4.141
  • 0.215. Ābhāvagga15. Brightness

0.3ĀbhāsuttaBrightness

1.1“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ābhā.“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of brightness.1.2Katamā catasso?What four?1.3Candābhā, sūriyābhā, aggābhā, paññābhā—The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.1.4imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ābhā.These are the four kinds of brightness.1.5Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ ābhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññābhā”ti.The best of these four kinds of brightness is the brightness of wisdom.”

1.6Paṭhamaṁ.