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AN 4.143PTS AN 2.1391 min read

Light

Ālokasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.143Numbered Discourses 4.143
  • 0.215. Ābhāvagga15. Brightness

0.3ĀlokasuttaLight

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ālokā.“Mendicants, there are these four lights.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Candāloko, sūriyāloko, aggāloko, paññāloko—The lights of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ālokā.These are the four lights.1.5Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ ālokānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāloko”ti.The best of these four lights is the light of wisdom.”

1.6Tatiyaṁ.