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SN 46.42PTS SN 5.991 min read

A Wheel-Turning Monarch

Cakkavattisutta

As the Wheel-turning Monarch manifests seven treasures, the Realized One manifests the seven awakening factors.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.42Linked Discourses 46.42
  • 0.25. Cakkavattivagga5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

0.3CakkavattisuttaA Wheel-Turning Monarch

1.1PTS 5.99“Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa pātubhāvā sattannaṁ ratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti.“Mendicants, when a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears seven treasures appear.11.2Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?What seven?1.3Cakkaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, hatthiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, assaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, maṇiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, itthiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, gahapatiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, pariṇāyakaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti.The wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander.1.4Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa pātubhāvā imesaṁ sattannaṁ ratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti.When a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears these seven treasures appear.

2.1Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgaratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti.When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears the seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.2.2Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?What seven?2.3Satisambojjhaṅgassa ratanassa pātubhāvo hoti …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa ratanassa pātubhāvo hoti.The treasures of the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.2.4Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa imesaṁ sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgaratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hotī”ti.When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears these seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.”

2.5Dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Detailed at DN 17:1.7.1.1.

    ↩ sn46.42:1.1