SN 45.50–541 min read

Five Discourses on Accomplishment in Ethics, Etc. (1st)

Sīlasampadādisuttapañcaka

As the dawn precedes the sun, ethics, enthusiasm, confidence, right view, and diligence precede the eightfold path.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.50–54Linked Discourses 45.50–54
0.26. Sūriyapeyyālavagga6. Abbreviated Texts on the Sun

0.3SīlasampadādisuttapañcakaFive Discourses on Accomplishment in Ethics, Etc. (1st)

1.1“Sūriyassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—aruṇuggaṁ;“Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise.1.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa uppādāya etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—sīlasampadā.In the same way accomplishment in ethics is the forerunner and harbinger of the arising of the noble eightfold path for a mendicant.1.3Sīlasampannassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ …pe…A mendicant accomplished in ethics can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. …” …

1.4yadidaṁ—chandasampadā …pe…“… accomplishment in enthusiasm …”¹

1.5yadidaṁ—attasampadā …pe…“… accomplishment in self-development …”²

1.6yadidaṁ—diṭṭhisampadā …pe…“… accomplishment in view …”³

1.7yadidaṁ—appamādasampadā …pe….“… accomplishment in diligence …”

1.8Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

“Enthusiasm” (chanda) is the desire to achieve the wholesome, especially liberation from transmigration. It is one of the bases of psychic power (SN 51).
↩ sn45.50-54:1.4
“Accomplishment in self-development” (attasampadā) is found only here and in parallel passages. In similar contexts we find cittasampadā (“accomplishment in mental development”), i.e. samādhi (AN 3.117:4.3). Hence the commentary glosses attā with citta here.
↩ sn45.50-54:1.5
Normally one “accomplished in view” is a stream-enterer (SN 13.10:3.1).
↩ sn45.50-54:1.6