AN 4.145: Pajjota Sutta, the four lamps
Attested in the Tipiṭaka: Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.145.
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.145
Numbered Discourses 4.145
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15. Ābhāvagga
15. Brightness
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Pajjotasutta
Lamps
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“Cattārome, bhikkhave, pajjotā.
“Mendicants, there are these four lamps.
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Katame cattāro?
What four?
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Candapajjoto, sūriyapajjoto, aggipajjoto, paññāpajjoto—
The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro pajjotā.
These are the four lamps.
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Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ pajjotānaṁ yadidaṁ paññāpajjoto”ti.
The best of these four lamps is the lamp of wisdom.”
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Pañcamaṁ.
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Sinhala: pending (release 2, translated by Tilanka, CC0)