Ten discourses compressed into a single bilara-data file, carrying no independent content beyond an explicit cross-reference
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
★★ — brief in its own written form, structurally confirmed to represent ten discourses reusing already-translated content
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this file carries no independent content of its own: it instructs the reader to “tell in full as in the chapter on diligence at SN 45.139–148” — this project's own already-completed vagga from the Maggasaṃyutta — rather than repeating its own ten similes a sixth time in this book (after SN 45's own original, then SN 46, SN 48, SN 49, and SN 50).
Reading guide
A direct cross-reference, matching this project's own established pattern
This project's own comparison: exactly as at SN 46.89-98, SN 48.83-92, SN 49.13-22, and SN 50.13-22, this vagga simply points back to this project's own already-translated SN 45.139-148 rather than rewriting its own similes yet again — the identical compression pattern, here applied to the four jhānas.
Ten similes, confirmed by the closing uddāna
Confirmed by direct reading of this file's own closing uddāna (“the Realized One, footprint, roof peak, roots, heartwood, jasmine, monarch, sun and moon, and cloth is the tenth”), this single file's own ten listed items confirm it spans exactly ten discourses, SN 53.13 through SN 53.22.
A sixth confirmed occurrence in this book
This project's own running count: this is the sixth time this exact ten-simile Appamādavagga structure has appeared in this book — SN 45's own original, then SN 46, SN 48, SN 49, SN 50, and now SN 53 — confirming this pattern's own remarkable consistency across Book V.
Key terms
Appamādavaggo vitthāretabbo — “the Diligence chapter is to be elaborated in full” — this file's own entire root Pāli content, a bare cross-reference instruction
appamāda — “diligence” — this vagga's own governing theme, shared with this project's own already-completed SN 45.139-148
mūlaṁ sāro ca vassikaṁ — “roots, heartwood, jasmine” — the uddāna's own middle group of similes
rājā candimasūriyā — “monarch, sun and moon” — the uddāna's own later group of similes
vatthena dasamaṁ padaṁ — “and cloth is the tenth” — the uddāna's own closing item, confirming ten similes total
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. 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
What does this file instruct the reader to do, rather than rewriting the diligence teaching yet again?
Correct: A. A direct cross-reference to this project's own already-completed chapter.
Question 2 of 3
How many discourses does this single merged file's own closing uddāna confirm it spans?
Correct: A. Ten similes — the Realized One, footprint, roof peak, roots, heartwood, jasmine, monarch, sun, moon, and cloth.
Question 3 of 3
How many times has this project now confirmed this exact ten-simile Appamādavagga structure across this book, including this occurrence?
Correct: A. This project's own running count, confirming remarkable structural consistency across Book V.
