Not given — a pure cross-reference instruction, carrying no worked example of its own
Speakers
The Buddha (implied)
Form
A single explicit cross-reference instruction, with no independent example, plus a closing uddāna
Length
<1 minute to read, per the source's own actual content
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★☆☆☆ — the most compressed instance yet of a vagga this project has now met three separate times
Why this discourse
This merged file carries no independent content of its own at all — confirmed by direct reading, it consists solely of the source's own explicit instruction, “tell in full as in the chapter on diligence at SN 45.139–148,” plus its own closing uddāna. This is the third time this project has met this identical ten-simile vagga, after SN 45.139-148 (the eightfold path) and SN 46.89-98 (the awakening factors), and the most compressed of the three.
Reading guide
A pure cross-reference, with no worked example at all
Confirmed by direct reading, this file gives neither the full simile-by-simile content (as SN 45.139-148 did) nor even a single worked example (as SN 46.89-98 still did, quoting its own opening “Realized One” simile before its cross-reference) — SN 48's own copy of this vagga is compressed one step further still, carrying only the bare instruction itself.
Ten similes, confirmed by this file's own uddāna alone
As general canonical background, already confirmed at this project's own earlier treatment of SN 45.139-148: the ten similes are the Realized One, a footprint, a roof's peak, roots, heartwood, jasmine, a monarch, the sun and moon, and cloth — each illustrating how diligence grounds every skillful quality, here applied to the developed five faculties rather than the eightfold path or the awakening factors.
A third instance, confirming a genuinely reused formula
This project's own observation: having now met this identical ten-simile Appamādavagga structure three separate times across three different saṃyuttas — each time cross-referencing rather than rewriting the underlying content, and each time slightly more compressed than the last — confirms this as a genuinely standard closing formula across this book's own peyyāla vaggas, not a coincidence specific to any one of them.
Key terms
Appamādavaggo vitthāretabbo — “the Diligence chapter is to be elaborated in full” — this file's own sole substantive instruction, pointing entirely to SN 45.139-148 rather than repeating that content
appamāda — “diligence, heedfulness” — this vagga's own governing quality, in which every skillful teaching is said to be rooted
tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ — “the Realized One, footprint, roof peak” — the closing uddāna's own opening line, naming the first three of this vagga's own ten similes
mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ; rājā candimasūriyā, vatthena dasamaṁ padaṁ — “roots, heartwood, jasmine, monarch, sun and moon, and cloth is the tenth” — the uddāna's remaining seven similes, completing the count of ten
Appamādavaggo navamo — “the Diligence chapter, the ninth” — confirming this vagga's own position as the ninth in this saṃyutta
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source: the bare cross-reference instruction, and the closing uddāna. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1(Tell in full as in the chapter on diligence at SN 45.139–148.)
UddānaThe Realized One, footprint, roof peak, roots, heartwood, jasmine, monarch, sun and moon, and cloth is the tenth.
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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
How does this file's own content compare to SN 46.89-98's own earlier version of the identical vagga?
Correct: A. SN 46 at least quoted its own opening "Realized One" simile; SN 48's own copy does not.
Question 2 of 3
What does the closing uddāna confirm about this vagga's own similes?
Correct: A. Already confirmed at this project's own earlier work on SN 45.139-148.
Question 3 of 3
What does this project note about meeting this identical vagga a third time?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison across SN 45.139-148, SN 46.89-98, and this discourse.
