Reading guide
A different merged-file encoding, confirmed directly
Unlike SN 43.14-43's own merged file, where each discourse kept its own uid prefix (sn43.14, sn43.15, and so on) within the single file, this merged file uses one continuous key sequence (sn45.50-54:1.1 through 1.7) with no internal discourse boundaries marked at all, confirmed by reading the raw JSON directly rather than assumed from SN 43's own precedent.
Ethics given in full, the rest compressed to one clause each
The first quality in this run, ethics, receives the dawn simile and the full teach-you framing (matching SN 45.49's own shape); the remaining four (enthusiasm, self-development, view, diligence) are each compressed to a single clause naming only the quality itself, confirmed by reading all five entries directly.
Key terms
The text
Ethics
45.50“Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way accomplishment in ethics is the forerunner and harbinger of the arising of the noble eightfold path for a mendicant. A mendicant accomplished in ethics can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. …” …
Enthusiasm
45.51“… accomplishment in enthusiasm …”
Self-development
45.52“… accomplishment in self-development …”
View
45.53“… accomplishment in view …”
Diligence
45.54“… accomplishment in diligence …”
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