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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourse 45.83

Accomplishment in Rational Application of Mind

Yonisomanasikārasampadāsutta — Dutiyaekadhammapeyyālavagga

Setting
Not specified beyond continuing from SN 45.82
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
The full template restored, closing this vagga's own first round
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — short, closes this round plainly

Why this discourse

The seventh and last quality in this vagga's own first round, closing with “relying on seclusion... ripening as letting go” — the same structural role SN 45.55 and SN 45.69 already played in the two preceding vaggas, confirmed by direct comparison of all three discourses' own position.

Reading guide

The third confirmed instance of this closing role

SN 45.55 closed Sūriyapeyyālavagga's own first round; SN 45.69 closed Ekadhammapeyyālavagga's own; this discourse closes Dutiyaekadhammapeyyālavagga's own — three separate vaggas, the identical structural role, confirmed by direct comparison rather than assumed from the pattern's own consistency so far.

Key terms

yonisomanasikārasampadā — “accomplishment in rational application of mind” — this discourse's own quality, closing this vagga's own first round
vivekanissitaṁ... vossaggapariṇāmiṁ — “relying on seclusion... ripening as letting go” — the closing formula shared throughout this vagga's own first round
ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo — the noble eightfold path, what rational application of mind helps give rise to
nāhaṁ... aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi — this vagga's own opening formula, presupposed here as at every other discourse in this vagga
yonisomanasikārasampadāsutta — this discourse's own title, distinguishing it from SN 45.90's own counterpart closing the vagga's own second round

The text

The complete discourse. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

§1“… accomplishment in rational application of mind. A mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how does a mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind 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 rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”

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Self-check quiz

3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.

Question 1 of 3
What role does this discourse play, mirroring SN 45.55 and SN 45.69's own roles?
Correct: A. Three separate vaggas, the identical structural role, confirmed by direct comparison.
Question 2 of 3
What closing formula does this discourse use?
Correct: A. The formula shared throughout this vagga's own first round.
Question 3 of 3
How many times has this project now confirmed this exact "seventh quality closes the first round" structure?
Correct: A. SN 45.55, SN 45.69, and now this discourse — confirmed rather than assumed.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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