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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.146

  • Numbered Discourses 4.146Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.146
  • 15. Brightness15. Ābhāvagga

Times (1st)Paṭhamakālasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four times.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kālā. What four?Katame cattāro? A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment.Kālena dhammassavanaṁ, kālena dhammasākacchā, kālena sammasanā, kālena vipassanā— These are the four times.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kālā”ti.

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