Sāvatthī (by inference from the vagga's own cross-reference)
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly (by inference)
Form
Ten discourses compressed into a single bilara-data file carrying NO body text of its own — only an elision marker, a colophon, and a closing uddāna
Length
A few seconds to read; no independently translatable content beyond the cross-reference itself
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the barest possible peyyāla stub, entirely dependent on cross-referenced content
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this vagga carries no independent worked example, exactly like Vagga 14 — it exists purely to instruct: “tell in full as in SN 45.139–148, removal of greed version.” Together with Vagga 14, this confirms SN 46's own peyyāla structure is TWO full cycles through the same five vaggas (Ganges, Diligence, Hard Work, Searches, Floods), not three as in SN 45's own Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga.
Reading guide
No body text at all -- the same pattern as Vagga 14
Every content key in this file's own English translation is blank; the Pāli root gives only “…pe…” before its own colophon and uddāna, confirmed identical in wording to Vagga 10's own closing uddāna (the same ten similes: the Realized One, footprint, roof-peak, root, heartwood, rainy season, king, moon, sun, and cloth).
A second full cycle, not a third
Together, Vaggas 14 and 15 confirm that SN 46's own peyyāla vaggas fall into exactly TWO cycles through the same five underlying vaggas: vaggas 9-13 under the base/self-referential-extinguishment formula, and vaggas 14 onward under the removal-of-greed formula — differing from SN 45's own Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyāla-vagga, which cycled through THREE formulas for the Ganges simile alone. This is confirmed here as a working pattern, to be checked individually against each remaining vagga rather than assumed.
No separate SN 45 discourse needed for this formula
Unlike the Ganges simile (where SN 45's own removal-of-greed formula occupies an entirely separate discourse, SN 45.103, distinct from SN 45.91's own self-referential version), SN 45.139's own already-completed page in this project already writes out ALL formulas together within one discourse's own four internal sections — so this vagga's own “removal of greed version” cross-reference simply points to that discourse's own already-completed second section.
Key terms
…pe… — the bilara-data elision marker, here standing in for the ENTIRE body of this vagga — no other content key carries any text at all in this file
rāgavasena vitthāretabbo — “to be elaborated in full by way of greed” — the Pāli root's own instruction, matching the English source's own “removal of greed version” label
appamādavaggo — “the Diligence chapter” — confirming this vagga reuses the identical ten similes already treated at SN 46.89-98, this project's own earlier Diligence vagga
pannarasamo — “the fifteenth” — confirming this vagga's own position within this saṃyutta's own count
tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ, mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ — “the Realized One, footprint, roof-peak, root, with heartwood, rainy season” — the closing uddāna's own opening line, worded identically to Vagga 10's own closing uddāna
The text
This vagga's own file carries no independently translatable body text; the fragment below is the source's own complete cross-reference instruction, honestly presented as such rather than padded with invented content. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in SN 45.139–148, removal of greed version.)
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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 does this vagga's own cross-reference instruct?
Correct: A. A direct cross-reference, carrying no body text of its own, exactly like Vagga 14.
Question 2 of 3
What do Vaggas 14 and 15 together confirm about SN 46's own peyyāla structure?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison of Vagga 9's base-formula cross-reference and Vaggas 14-15's own removal-of-greed cross-references.
Question 3 of 3
Why doesn't this vagga's cross-reference point to a separate SN 45 discourse number, the way the Ganges vagga's removal-of-greed version pointed to SN 45.103 instead of SN 45.91?
Correct: A. Confirmed by checking this project's own already-completed SN 45.139 page, which contains four internal formula sections rather than four separate discourses.
