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Linked Discourses · SN 46.48

  • Linked Discourses 46.48Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.48
  • 5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch5. Cakkavattivagga

The SunĀdiccasutta

“Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise.“Ādiccassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—aruṇuggaṁ.

In the same way, for a mendicant good friendship is the forerunner and harbinger of the arising of the seven awakening factors.Evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ uppādāya etaṁ pubbaṅgamaṁ etaṁ pubbanimittaṁ, yadidaṁ—kalyāṇamittatā. A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors.Kalyāṇamittassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—satta bojjhaṅge bhāvessati, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkarissati.

And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors?Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto satta bojjhaṅge bhāveti, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaroti? It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe… and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ. That’s how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors.”Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto satta bojjhaṅge bhāveti, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkarotī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 46.12 The Simile of the Sun (1st) 0.94near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.12 2. Sick The Simile of the Sun (1st) “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way, for a mendicant good friendship is the forerunner and harbinger of the ar…
  2. SN 45.56 Good Friends (2nd) 0.79near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.56 6. Abbreviated Texts on the Sun Good Friends (2nd) “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way good friendship is the forerunner and harbinger of the nobl…
  3. SN 45.49 Good Friends (1st) 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.49 6. Abbreviated Texts on the Sun Good Friends (1st) At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way good friendship is the forerunner and harbinge…
  4. SN 46.13 The Simile of the Sun (2nd) 0.77near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.13 2. Sick The Simile of the Sun (2nd) “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way, for a mendicant rational application of mind is the forerunner and harbin…
  5. SN 46.50 Exterior 0.56near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.50 5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch Exterior “Taking into account exterior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that gives rise to the seven awakening factors like good friendship. …”…