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Shining

Obhāsasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.144Numbered Discourses 4.144
  • 0.215. Ābhāvagga15. Brightness

0.3ObhāsasuttaShining

1.1PTS 2.140“Cattārome, bhikkhave, obhāsā.“Mendicants, there are four kinds of shining.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Candobhāso, sūriyobhāso, aggobhāso, paññobhāso—The shining of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro obhāsā.These are the four kinds of shining.1.5Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ obhāsānaṁ yadidaṁ paññobhāso”ti.The best of these four kinds of shining is the shining of wisdom.”

1.6Catutthaṁ.