Reading guide
The identical substitution as SN 45.56's own
Confirmed by direct comparison: this discourse changes only the closing formula from SN 45.63's own, exactly as SN 45.56 changed only the closing formula from SN 45.49's own — the same structural move, repeated in a vagga built without the dawn simile.
Two grids, one shared logic
With this discourse, this project confirms Sūriyapeyyālavagga and Ekadhammapeyyālavagga share not only their own seven qualities and two closing formulas but the identical internal ordering (good friendship opens each round) — two independently confirmed instances of the same underlying grid.
Key terms
The text
§1At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, one thing helps give rise to the noble eightfold path. What one thing? It’s good friendship. A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path? It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion. That’s how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”
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