Twelve 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 twelve 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 hard work at SN 45.149–160” — this project's own already-completed vagga from the Maggasaṃyutta — rather than repeating its own twelve similes yet again in this book.
Reading guide
A direct cross-reference, matching this project's own established pattern
This project's own comparison: exactly as at SN 48.93-104, SN 49.23-34, and SN 50.23-34, this vagga simply points back to this project's own already-translated SN 45.149-160 rather than rewriting its own similes a further time — the identical compression pattern, here applied to the four jhānas.
Twelve similes, confirmed by the closing uddāna
Confirmed by direct reading of this file's own closing uddāna (“hard work, seeds, and dragons, a tree, a pot, and a spike, the atmosphere, and two on clouds, a ship, a guest house, and a river”), this single file's own twelve listed items confirm it spans exactly twelve discourses, SN 53.23 through SN 53.34.
A recurring third-vagga position, confirmed again
This project's own running observation: exactly as at SN 48, SN 49, and SN 50, this Balakaraṇīyavagga again occupies the third position in its own saṃyutta's five-vagga cycle, directly following the Appamādavagga and preceding the Esanāvagga.
Key terms
Balakaraṇīyavaggo vitthāretabbo — “the Hard-Work chapter is to be elaborated in full” — this file's own entire root Pāli content, a bare cross-reference instruction
balakaraṇīya — “hard work” — this vagga's own governing theme, shared with this project's own already-completed SN 45.149-160
bījañca nāgo ca — “seeds, and dragons” — the uddāna's own second and third similes
ākāsena ca dve meghā — “the atmosphere, and two on clouds” — the uddāna's own middle group, naming three related sky-similes
nāvā āgantukā nadī — “a ship, a guest house, and a river” — the uddāna's own closing three similes, confirming twelve items 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 hard work at SN 45.149–160.)
UddānaHard work, seeds, and dragons, a tree, a pot, and a spike, the atmosphere, and two on clouds, a ship, a guest house, and a river.
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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 hard-work 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. Twelve similes — hard work, seeds, dragons, a tree, a pot, a spike, the atmosphere, two clouds, a ship, a guest house, a river.
Question 3 of 3
What position does the Balakaraṇīyavagga occupy, according to this project's own running observation?
Correct: A. This project's own confirmed structural pattern, holding consistently across four saṃyuttas now.
