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Lamps

Pajjotasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.145Numbered Discourses 4.145
  • 0.215. Ābhāvagga15. Brightness

0.3PajjotasuttaLamps

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, pajjotā.“Mendicants, there are these four lamps.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Candapajjoto, sūriyapajjoto, aggipajjoto, paññāpajjoto—The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro pajjotā.These are the four lamps.1.5Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ pajjotānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāpajjoto”ti.The best of these four lamps is the lamp of wisdom.”

1.6Pañcamaṁ.