Two discourses, each keeping its own individual key prefix, matching SN 34.46–52's own encoding
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 34.50–52's own pattern is understood
Why this discourse
This merged file opens carefulness's own combinatorial set, pairing sakkaccakārī ("practicing carefully") against the two qualities that follow it — persistence and conducive. With only two pairings remaining after this file closes, this saṃyutta's own triangular countdown (9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1) has nearly reached its own final term.
Reading guide
The second-to-last combinatorial anchor set
With entering, remaining, emerging, gladdening, supports, territory, and projecting all complete, carefulness opens the ninth of this saṃyutta's own ten combinatorial anchors, pairing against only two remaining qualities.
Two qualities from the same -kārī cluster, paired against each other
This file pairs carefulness against persistence (sātaccakārī) and conducive (sappāyakārī) — all three members of this saṃyutta's own -kārī cluster now systematically paired against each other in turn, completing that small family's own internal combinations.
Per-sutta-prefix encoding, unbroken through this saṃyutta's own closing stretch
As at SN 34.46–52, each of this file's two sub-discourses (sn34.53:, sn34.54:) keeps its own individual key prefix.
One pairing left, closing this entire saṃyutta
After this file, only a single combination remains — persistence paired against conducive — closing this saṃyutta's own triangular countdown at SN 34.55, the same discourse that closes Jhānasaṃyutta and Book III itself.
Key terms
sakkaccakārī — practicing carefully — this combinatorial set's own shared anchor quality
sātaccakārī — practicing persistently — the first quality named in this file, paired against carefulness
sappāyakārī — doing what's conducive — the second and final quality named in this file, closing carefulness's own set
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing two sub-discourses, each preserving only its own opening line
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: carefulness paired against persistence and conducive, exactly as bilara-data preserves each. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. “One meditator is skilled in practicing carefully for immersion but not in practicing persistently for it. …”
§2“One meditator is skilled in practicing carefully for immersion but not in doing what’s conducive to it. …”
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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. Carefulness's own combinatorial set against the two qualities that follow it.
Question 2 of 5
Which qualities does carefulness pair against in this file?
Correct: A. Completing the -kārī cluster's own internal combinations.
Question 3 of 5
What key encoding does this file use?
Correct: A. Unbroken through this saṃyutta's own closing stretch.
Question 4 of 5
How many of this saṃyutta's own ten combinatorial anchors are complete after this file?
Correct: A. Only one combination remains after this file.
Question 5 of 5
What single pairing remains after this file, closing the entire saṃyutta?
Correct: A. The same discourse that closes Jhānasaṃyutta and Book III itself.
