AN 4.143 Light – Ālokasutta

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AN 4.143 Light – Ālokasutta

Numbered Discourses 4.143 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.143

15. Brightness – 15. Ābhāvagga

AN 4.143 Light – Ālokasutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, there are these four lights.

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ālokā.

1.2

What four?

Katame cattāro?

1.3

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

Candāloko, sūriyāloko, aggāloko, paññāloko—

1.4

These are the four lights.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ālokā.

1.5

The best of these four lights is the light of wisdom.”

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ ālokānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāloko”ti.

1.6

Tatiyaṁ.