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title: "Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 94 of 105
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/94/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga, section 94. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/94/"
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# Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

The path: the noble eightfold path, the factors of awakening, mindfulness meditation, breathing, and the first teaching, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 94. Great Wisdom · SN 55.62–55.74

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/94/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/94/#p-N

[¶0] SN 55.62 · Great Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.62 · Mahāpaññāsutta

[¶1] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to great wisdom. What four? Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching. When these four things are developed and cultivated they lead to great wisdom.”

> Pali: “Cattārome, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahāpaññatāya saṁvattanti. Katame cattāro? Sappurisasaṁsevo, saddhammassavanaṁ, yonisomanasikāro, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti— ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahāpaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶3] SN 55.63 · Widespread Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.63 · Puthupaññāsutta

[¶4] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to widespread wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Puthupaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶5] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶6] SN 55.64 · Abundant Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.64 · Vipulapaññāsutta

[¶7] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to abundant wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Vipulapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶9] SN 55.65 · Deep Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.65 · Gambhīrapaññāsutta

[¶10] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to deep wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Gambhīrapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶11] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶12] SN 55.66 · Extraordinary Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.66 · Appamattapaññāsutta

[¶13] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to unrivaled wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Appamattapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶14] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶15] SN 55.67 · Vast Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.67 · Bhūripaññāsutta

[¶16] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to vast wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Bhūripaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶17] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ.

[¶18] SN 55.68 · Much Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.68 · Paññābāhullasutta

[¶19] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to much wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Paññābāhullāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶20] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶21] SN 55.69 · Fast Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.69 · Sīghapaññāsutta

[¶22] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to fast wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Sīghapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶23] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶24] SN 55.70 · Light Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.70 · Lahupaññāsutta

[¶25] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to light wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Lahupaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: Navamaṁ.

[¶27] SN 55.71 · Laughing Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.71 · Hāsapaññāsutta

[¶28] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to laughing wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Hāsapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶29] > Pali: Dasamaṁ.

[¶30] SN 55.72 · Swift Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.72 · Javanapaññāsutta

[¶31] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to swift wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Javanapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶32] > Pali: Ekādasamaṁ.

[¶33] SN 55.73 · Sharp Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.73 · Tikkhapaññāsutta

[¶34] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to sharp wisdom …”

> Pali: “… Tikkhapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶35] > Pali: Dvādasamaṁ.

[¶36] SN 55.74 · Penetrating Wisdom

> Pali: SN 55.74 · Nibbedhikapaññāsutta

[¶37] “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom. What four? Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching. When these four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom.”

> Pali: “… Nibbedhikapaññatāya saṁvattanti. Katame cattāro? Sappurisasaṁsevo, saddhammassavanaṁ, yonisomanasikāro, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti— ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā nibbedhikapaññatāya saṁvattantī”ti.

[¶38] > Pali: Terasamaṁ.

[¶39] > Pali: Mahāpaññavaggo sattamo.

[¶40] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶41] > Pali: Mahā puthu vipula gambhīraṁ,
Appamatta bhūri bāhullaṁ;
Sīgha lahu hāsa javana,
Tikkha nibbedhikāya cāti.

[¶42] The Linked Discourses on Stream-Entry, the eleventh section.

> Pali: Sotāpattisaṁyuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ.