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SN 46.46PTS SN 5.1001 min read

Poor

Daliddasutta

A person who has not developed the awakening factors is called “poor”.

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

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0.3DaliddasuttaPoor

1.1“‘Daliddo, daliddo’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of someone who is ‘poor’.1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, ‘daliddo’ti vuccatī”ti?How is a poor person defined?”

1.3“Sattannaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘daliddo’ti vuccati.“Mendicant, they’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors.1.4Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?What seven?1.5Satisambojjhaṅgassa …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa—The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.1.6imesaṁ kho, bhikkhu, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘daliddo’ti vuccatī”ti.They’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”

1.7Chaṭṭhaṁ.