15. Ābhāvagga

15. Brightness

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.141

Numbered Discourses 4.141

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15. Ābhāvagga

15. Brightness

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Ābhāsutta

Brightness

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“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ābhā.

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of brightness.

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Katamā catasso?

What four?

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Candābhā, sūriyābhā, aggābhā, paññābhā—

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

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imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ābhā.

These are the four kinds of brightness.

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Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ ābhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññābhā”ti.

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

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Paṭhamaṁ.