Six discourses compressed into a single file, compressed even further than SN 34.20–27 and SN 34.28–34 — no explicit editorial note survives
Length
under a minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — trivial once SN 34.28–34's own pattern is understood
Why this discourse
This merged file opens gladdening's own combinatorial set, pairing kallita ("gladdening") against each of the six qualities that follow it — supports, territory, projecting, carefulness, persistence, and conducive. Compression tightens further here: this file preserves only the opening pairing and a bare closing marker, without even SN 34.20–27's and SN 34.28–34's own explicit "told in full" instruction.
Reading guide
Compression tightening a further notch
This file drops even the explicit editorial pointer seen at SN 34.20–27 and SN 34.28–34, leaving only the opening pairing and a bare closing peyyāla mark — the source trusting the reader's own familiarity with this saṃyutta's pattern by this point.
The fourth combinatorial anchor, three discourses smaller than the first
Gladdening's own six pairings continue the shrinking sequence: nine (entering), eight (remaining), seven (emerging), and now six.
Supports, the first quality paired against gladdening
"One meditator is skilled in positivity for immersion but not in the supports for immersion …" — the sole surviving pairing in this file, opening gladdening's own combinatorial set.
Fourth of ten anchors, the pattern holding firm
With entering, remaining, emerging, and now gladdening all accounted for, four of this saṃyutta's own ten combinatorial anchors are complete, six more still to come.
Key terms
kallita — gladdening, or positivity — this combinatorial set's own shared anchor quality
ārammaṇa — supports — the first quality named in this file, paired against gladdening
vuṭṭhāna — emerging — already paired with gladdening at SN 34.28–34, excluded from this file's own six pairings
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing an entire six-discourse set to a single opening pairing with no explicit editorial note
jhāyī — meditator — the general term for the four types this discourse classifies, by cross-reference to SN 34.1
The text
The complete merged file: the opening pairing (gladdening and supports) and its own bare closing marker. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. “One meditator is skilled in positivity for immersion but not in the supports for immersion. …”
§2(These six discourses should be told in full as the previous set.)
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
How many discourses does this single merged file compress?
Correct: A. Gladdening's own combinatorial set against the six qualities that follow it.
Question 2 of 5
Which pairing is given in full at the start of this file?
Correct: A. The only pairing spelled out before compression takes over.
Question 3 of 5
How does this file's compression compare to SN 34.20–27's and SN 34.28–34's own?
Correct: A. The source trusting the reader's own familiarity with this saṃyutta's pattern by this point.
Question 4 of 5
How many discourses does gladdening's own combinatorial set span?
Correct: A. Exactly as predicted by this saṃyutta's own triangular structure.
Question 5 of 5
How many of this saṃyutta's own ten combinatorial anchors are complete after this file?
