Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta
II. Gilāna-Vaggo

V: The Great Chapter
46: Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
II. The Sick Man

Sutta 18

Viraddha or Āraddha Suttaṁ

Neglected and Undertaken

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"By whomsoever, monks, the seven limbs of wisdom are neglected,
by them is neglected
this Ariyan eightfold way
for the utter destruction of ill.

By whomsoever, monks, the seven limbs of wisdom are undertaken,
by them is undertaken
this Ariyan eightfold way
for the utter destruction of ill.

What are the seven?

The limb of wisdom that is mindfulness,
the limb of wisdom that is Norm investigation,
the limb of wisdom that is energy,
the limb of wisdom that is zest,
the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
the limb of wisdom that is equanimity."

"By whomsoever, monks, the seven limbs of wisdom are neglected,
by them is neglected
this Ariyan eightfold way
for the utter destruction of ill.

By whomsoever, monks, the seven limbs of wisdom are undertaken,
by them is undertaken
this Ariyan eightfold way
for the utter destruction of ill.