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Numbered Discourses 4.142

15. Ābhāvagga
15. Brightness

Pabhāsutta

Radiance

“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, pabhā.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of radiance.

Katamā catasso?
What four?

Candappabhā, sūriyappabhā, aggippabhā, paññāpabhā—
The radiance of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.

imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso pabhā.
These are the four kinds of radiance.

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ pabhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāpabhā”ti.
The best of these four kinds of radiance is the radiance of wisdom.”

Dutiyaṁ.