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Penetrating Wisdom

Nibbedhikapaññāsutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.74Linked Discourses 55.74
  • 0.27. Mahāpaññavagga7. Great Wisdom

0.3NibbedhikapaññāsuttaPenetrating Wisdom

1.1“… Nibbedhikapaññatāya saṁvattanti.“Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom.1.2Katame cattāro?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.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā nibbedhikapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.When these four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom.”

1.5Terasamaṁ.

1.6Mahāpaññavaggo sattamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Mahā puthu vipula gambhīraṁ,2.2Appamatta bhūri bāhullaṁ;2.3Sīgha lahu hāsa javana,2.4Tikkha nibbedhikāya cāti.

2.5Sotāpattisaṁyuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ.The Linked Discourses on Stream-Entry, the eleventh section.