AN 4.142 Radiance – Pabhāsutta

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AN 4.142 Radiance – Pabhāsutta

Numbered Discourses 4.142 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.142

15. Brightness – 15. Ābhāvagga

AN 4.142 Radiance – Pabhāsutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, there are these four kinds of radiance.

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, pabhā.

1.2

What four?

Katamā catasso?

1.3

The radiance of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.

Candappabhā, sūriyappabhā, aggippabhā, paññāpabhā—

1.4

These are the four kinds of radiance.

imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso pabhā.

1.5

The best of these four kinds of radiance is the radiance of wisdom.”

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ pabhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāpabhā”ti.

1.6

Dutiyaṁ.