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SN 55.50PTS SN 5.4041 min read

Factors

Aṅgasutta

Four factors for stream-entry: association with good people, hearing the teaching, proper attention, and right practice.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.50Linked Discourses 55.50
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0.3AṅgasuttaFactors

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, sotāpattiyaṅgāni.“Mendicants, there are these four factors for stream-entry.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Sappurisasaṁsevo, saddhammassavanaṁ, yonisomanasikāro, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti—Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri sotāpattiyaṅgānī”ti.These are the four factors for stream-entry.”

1.5Dasamaṁ.

1.6Sagāthakapuññābhisandavaggo pañcamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Abhisandā tayo vuttā,2.2Duve mahaddhanena ca;2.3Suddhaṁ nandiyaṁ bhaddiyaṁ,2.4Mahānāmaṅgena te dasāti.