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Linked Discourses 48.52 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.52

6. The Boar’s Cave – 6. Sūkarakhatavagga

SN 48.52 In the Land of the Mallas – Mallikasutta

So I have heard.

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Mallas, near the Mallian town called Uruvelakappa.

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā mallesu viharati uruvelakappaṁ nāma mallānaṁ nigamo.

There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhū:

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

“Bhikkhū, as long as noble knowledge hasn’t arisen for a noble disciple the four faculties are not stable and fixed.

“yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa ariyañāṇaṁ na uppannaṁ hoti neva tāva catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ saṇṭhiti hoti, neva tāva catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ avaṭṭhiti hoti.

But when noble knowledge has arisen for a noble disciple the four faculties become stable and fixed.

Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa ariyañāṇaṁ uppannaṁ hoti, atha catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ saṇṭhiti hoti, atha catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ avaṭṭhiti hoti.

It’s just like in a bungalow. As long as the roof peak is not lifted into place, the rafters are not stable or fixed.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāvakīvañca kūṭāgārassa kūṭaṁ na ussitaṁ hoti, neva tāva gopānasīnaṁ saṇṭhiti hoti, neva tāva gopānasīnaṁ avaṭṭhiti hoti.

But when the roof peak is lifted into place, the rafters become stable and fixed.

Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, kūṭāgārassa kūṭaṁ ussitaṁ hoti, atha gopānasīnaṁ saṇṭhiti hoti, atha gopānasīnaṁ avaṭṭhiti hoti.

In the same way, as long as noble knowledge hasn’t arisen for a noble disciple the four faculties are not stable and fixed.

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yāvakīvañca ariyasāvakassa ariyañāṇaṁ na uppannaṁ hoti, neva tāva catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ saṇṭhiti hoti, neva tāva catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ avaṭṭhiti hoti.

But when noble knowledge has arisen for a noble disciple the four faculties become stable and fixed.

Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa ariyañāṇaṁ uppannaṁ hoti, atha catunnaṁ indriyānaṁ …pe… avaṭṭhiti hoti.

What four?

Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?

The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, and samādhi.

Saddhindriyassa, vīriyindriyassa, satindriyassa, samādhindriyassa.

When a noble disciple has wisdom, the faith, energy, mindfulness, and samādhi that follow along with that become stabilized.”

Paññavato, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa tadanvayā saddhā saṇṭhāti, tadanvayaṁ vīriyaṁ saṇṭhāti, tadanvayā sati saṇṭhāti, tadanvayo samādhi saṇṭhātī”ti.