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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

XV. Brightness — AN 4.150: Essentials

1“Mendicants, there are these four essentials. What four? Ethics, immersion, wisdom, and freedom are essentials. These are the four essentials.”

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, sārā. Katame cattāro? Sīlasāro, samādhisāro, paññāsāro, vimuttisāro – ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro sārā"ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Ābhāvaggo pañcamo.

2Ābhā pabhā ca ālokā,
obhāsā ceva pajjotā;
Dve kālā caritā dve ca,
honti sārena te dasāti.

Tatiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.