“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ābhā. Katamā catasso? Candābhā, sūriyābhā, aggābhā, paññābhā— imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ābhā. Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ catunnaṁ ābhānaṁ yadidaṁ paññābhā”ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.
The Buddha describes the four kinds of brightness.
AN 4.141 Brightness
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“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.
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