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Numbered Discourses 4.141

15. Ābhāvagga
15. Brightness

Ābhāsutta

Brightness

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ābhā.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of brightness.

Katamā catasso?
What four?

Candābhā, sūriyābhā, aggābhā, paññābhā—
The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.

imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ābhā.
These are the four kinds of brightness.

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ ābhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññābhā”ti.
The best of these four kinds of brightness is the brightness of wisdom.”

Paṭhamaṁ.