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SN 48.70PTS SN 5.2381 min read

A Tree (4th)

Catuttharukkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.70Linked Discourses 48.70
  • 0.27. Bodhipakkhiyavagga7. On the Side of Awakening

0.3CatuttharukkhasuttaA Tree (4th)

1.1PTS 5.239“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci supaṇṇānaṁ rukkhā, kūṭasimbalī tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;“Mendicants, of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the Red Silk-Cotton Tree is said to be the best.11.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāya.In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities on the side of awakening; that is, for becoming awakened.1.3Katame ca, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā?And what are the qualities on the side of awakening?1.4Saddhindriyaṁ, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati …pe… paññindriyaṁ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati.The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom are qualities on the side of awakening, in that they lead to awakening.1.5Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci supaṇṇānaṁ rukkhā, kūṭasimbalī tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;Of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the Red Silk-Cotton Tree is said to be the best.1.6evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāyā”ti.In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities on the side of awakening; that is, for becoming awakened.”

1.7Dasamaṁ.

1.8Bodhipakkhiyavaggo sattamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Saṁyojanā anusayā,2.2pariññā āsavakkhayā;2.3Dve phalā caturo rukkhā,2.4vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Translator’s notes

  1. The Red Silk-Cotton Tree (kūṭasimbalī, Bombax ceiba) has red flowers and spikes on the trunk. It lends its name to one of the hells (MN 130:22.1), and features in a delightful story about Sakka’s ecological awareness (SN 11.6:2.2).

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