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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.145

  • Numbered Discourses 4.145Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.145
  • 15. Brightness15. Ābhāvagga

LampsPajjotasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four lamps.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, pajjotā. What four?Katame cattāro? The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.Candapajjoto, sūriyapajjoto, aggipajjoto, paññāpajjoto— These are the four lamps.Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro pajjotā. The best of these four lamps is the lamp of wisdom.”Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ pajjotānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāpajjoto”ti.

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