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sn.46.45 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Wise

“Venerable sir, it is said, ‘wise and alert, wise and alert.’ In what way, venerable sir, is one called ‘wise and alert’?”

“Bhikkhus, it is because one has developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment that one is called ‘wise and alert.’ What seven?” As above.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh