SN48:69 The Tree (3)
- fdg sc © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, just as, among the trees of the asuras the trumpet-flower tree[n.244] The trumpet-flower tree here = cittapāṭali; the silk-cotton tree of the asuras (in the following sutta) = kūṭasimbali. is declared to be their chief, so too, among the states conducive to enlightenment the faculty of wisdom is declared to be their chief … all as above … that is, for the attainment of enlightenment." |