Tripiṭaka 5. Cakkavattivagga
5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch
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Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
“‘duppañño eḷamūgo, duppañño eḷamūgo’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of ‘a witless idiot’.
“Sattannaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘duppañño eḷamūgo’ti vuccati.
“Mendicant, they’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors.
Satisambojjhaṅgassa …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa—
The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.
imesaṁ kho, bhikkhu, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘duppañño eḷamūgo’ti vuccatī”ti.
They’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”
Catutthaṁ.