5. Cakkavattivagga

5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.46

Linked Discourses 46.46

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5. Cakkavattivagga

5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

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Daliddasutta

Poor

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“‘Daliddo, daliddo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of someone who is ‘poor’.

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Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, ‘daliddo’ti vuccatī”ti?

How is a poor person defined?”

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“Sattannaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘daliddo’ti vuccati.

“Mendicant, they’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors.

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Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?

What seven?

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Satisambojjhaṅgassa …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa—

The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.

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imesaṁ kho, bhikkhu, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā ‘daliddo’ti vuccatī”ti.

They’re called poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”

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Chaṭṭhaṁ.