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, closing with THREE meta-level instructions beyond the usual elision marker, colophon, and uddāna
Length
Under a minute to read; entirely cross-reference and meta-instruction, no independent narrative content
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★☆ — closes the entire Bojjhaṅgasaṃyutta, confirmed by the source's own explicit closing colophon
Why this discourse
This vagga's own closing lines are confirmed to do far more than close a single peyyāla cycle: they close the ENTIRE Bojjhaṅgasaṃyutta (SN 46) itself, with an explicit statement that whatever applies to the Maggasaṃyutta (SN 45) applies equally here — confirming, in the source's own words, the structural dependence this project has confirmed empirically, vagga by vagga, since Vagga 9.
Reading guide
A hidden third and fourth formula, folded into one instruction
Confirmed by direct reading, this vagga's own closing lines instruct that the “removal of greed” cross-references already used at Vaggas 14-17 should ALSO be understood to cover “removal of hate” and “removal of delusion” variants — folded into a single written instance rather than requiring separate discourse files for each. This explains why this project found only two explicit peyyāla cycles in SN 46 (base and removal-of-greed), rather than the many more that SN 45's own three-formula Dutiyagaṅgāpeyyālavagga might have suggested: the remaining formulas are compressed into this single closing instruction instead of written out as separate vaggas.
The saṃyutta's own explicit master instruction
Confirmed by direct reading, this vagga's own closing line states plainly: “whatever is to be elaborated for the Maggasaṃyutta, so too should the Bojjhaṅga-saṃyutta be elaborated.” This is not an inference this project has drawn from its own comparative work — it is the source's own explicit closing statement, confirming every cross-reference this project has traced back to SN 45 throughout Vaggas 9-18 rests on the source's own stated intention.
The saṃyutta's own closing colophon -- confirmed, not assumed
The Pāli root closes with “Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttaṁ dutiyaṁ” (“the Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors is the second”), confirming this saṃyutta's own completion and its own position as the second of the seven-saṃyutta group sharing this structural template (SN 45-51), with the Maggasaṃyutta as the first. This matches the working hypothesis recorded since Vagga 15 — that SN 46 would end at discourse 184 — now confirmed directly rather than merely predicted.
Key terms
cattāro oghā: kāmogho, bhavogho, diṭṭhogho, avijjogho — “four floods: of sensuality, desire to be reborn, views, and ignorance” — the identical fourfold flood already met at SN 46.121-129, this vagga's own second and final Floods pass
rāgavinayapariyosāna-dosavinayapariyosāna-mohavinayapariyosānavaggo vitthāretabbo — “the vagga on culminating in the removal of greed, culminating in the removal of hate, culminating in the removal of delusion is to be elaborated in full” — the meta-instruction folding three formula variants into this single vagga rather than three separate ones
yadapi maggasaṁyuttaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ, tadapi bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ — “whatever is to be elaborated for the Linked Discourses on the Path, so too should the Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors be elaborated” — the saṃyutta's own explicit master instruction, confirming SN 46's own dependence on SN 45 as its structural template
bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttaṁ dutiyaṁ — “the Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors is the second” — this saṃyutta's own closing colophon, confirming its own completion and its position as the second of the seven-saṃyutta group beginning with the Maggasaṃyutta
punaoghavaggo aṭṭhārasamo — “the Again-Floods chapter, the eighteenth” — confirming this vagga's own position as the final vagga of this saṃyutta's own eighteen-vagga structure
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, including the saṃyutta's own closing meta-instructions and colophon. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1 — the discourse cross-reference(Tell in full as in SN 45.171–180.)
§2 — the hidden formula instruction(Tell in full as in the chapter on removal of greed, hate, and delusion.)
§3 — the saṃyutta-level master instruction(The Linked Discourses on Awakening Factors should be told in full just as the Linked Discourses on the Path.)
§4 — the saṃyutta's own closing colophonThe Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors is the second section.
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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 closing meta-instruction reveal about the "removal of greed" cross-references used at Vaggas 14-17?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading, explaining why SN 46 shows only two explicit peyyāla cycles rather than more.
Question 2 of 3
What does this vagga's own saṃyutta-level instruction state?
Correct: A. The source's own explicit master instruction, confirming this project's own comparative method throughout Vaggas 9-18 rests on the text's own stated intention.
Question 3 of 3
What does this vagga's own closing colophon confirm?
Correct: A. Confirmed directly, matching the working hypothesis recorded since Vagga 15 that SN 46 would end at discourse 184.
