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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 46.46
The Related Suttas Collection 46.46
5. චක්කවත්තිවග්ග
5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch
දලිද්දසුත්ත
Poor
“‘දලිද්දෝ, දලිද්දෝ(අ)ති, භන්තේ, වුච්චති. කිත්තාවතා නු ඛෝ, භන්තේ, ‘දලිද්දෝ(අ)ති වුච්චතී”ති?
“Sir, they speak of someone who is ‘poor’. How is a poor person defined?”
“සත්තන්නං ඛෝ, භික්ඛු, බෝජ්ඣඞ්ගානං අභාවිතත්තා අබහුලීකතත්තා ‘දලිද්දෝ(අ)ති වුච්චති. කතමේසං සත්තන්නං? සතිසම්බෝජ්ඣඞ්ගස්ස …පේ… උපේක්ඛාසම්බෝජ්ඣඞ්ගස්ස—ඉමේසං ඛෝ, භික්ඛු, සත්තන්නං බෝජ්ඣඞ්ගානං අභාවිතත්තා අබහුලීකතත්තා ‘දලිද්දෝ(අ)ති වුච්චතී”ති.
“Bhikkhu, they’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. They’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”
ඡට්ඨං.
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