15. Ābhāvagga

15. Brightness

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.143

Numbered Discourses 4.143

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15. Ābhāvagga

15. Brightness

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Ālokasutta

Light

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“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ālokā.

“Mendicants, there are these four lights.

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Katame cattāro?

What four?

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Candāloko, sūriyāloko, aggāloko, paññāloko—

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

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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ālokā.

These are the four lights.

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

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

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Tatiyaṁ.