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Linked Discourses · SN 46.42

  • Linked Discourses 46.42Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.42
  • 5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch5. Cakkavattivagga

A Wheel-Turning MonarchCakkavattisutta

“Mendicants, when a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears seven treasures appear.“Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa pātubhāvā sattannaṁ ratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti. What seven?Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? The wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander.Cakkaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, hatthiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, assaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, maṇiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, itthiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, gahapatiratanassa pātubhāvo hoti, pariṇāyakaratanassa pātubhāvo hoti. When a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears these seven treasures appear.Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa pātubhāvā imesaṁ sattannaṁ ratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti.

When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears the seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgaratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti. What seven?Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? The treasures of the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.Satisambojjhaṅgassa ratanassa pātubhāvo hoti …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa ratanassa pātubhāvo hoti. When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears these seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.”Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa imesaṁ sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgaratanānaṁ pātubhāvo hotī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. MN 129 The Foolish and the Astute 0.69near 0.1The wheel-turning monarch said, ‘That is sufficient, householder. Enough has been done, enough offered.’ Such is the householder-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch. Next, the commander-treasure appears to…
  2. SN 46.49 Interior 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.49 5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch Interior “Taking into account interior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that gives rise to the seven awakening factors like rational application of mind. ……