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SN 45.146–1481 min read

The Moon, Etc.

Candimādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.146–148Linked Discourses 45.146–148
  • 0.211. Appamādapeyyālavagga11. Abbreviated Texts on Diligence

0.3CandimādisuttaThe Moon, Etc.

1.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kāci tārakarūpānaṁ pabhā, sabbā tā candimappabhāya kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, candappabhā tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;“The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all. …”1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe…1.3aṭṭhamaṁ.

2.1“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye viddhe vigatavalāhake deve ādicco nabhaṁ abbhussakkamāno sabbaṁ ākāsagataṁ tamagataṁ abhivihacca bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;“In the autumn, the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and dazzles. …”2.2evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe…2.3navamaṁ.

3.1PTS 5.45“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici tantāvutānaṁ vatthānaṁ, kāsikavatthaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;“Mendicants, cloth from Kāsi is said to be the best kind of woven cloth. …”3.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā;3.3appamādo tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati.3.4Appamattassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

3.5Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?3.6Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe…3.7evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotī”ti.

3.8Dasamaṁ.

3.9(Yadapi tathāgataṁ, tadapi vitthāretabbaṁ.)(Tell these in full as in the section on the Realized One.)

3.10Appamādavaggo pañcamo.

4.0Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ,4.2mūlaṁ sāro ca vassikaṁ;4.3Rājā candimasūriyā ca,4.4vatthena dasamaṁ padaṁ.