Not given — continuing directly from SN 55.49's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A single, bare restatement of the four practical conditions, closing the vagga
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★ — closes Vagga 5 (10 discourses), confirmed by direct reading of the colophon and uddāna, with a deliberate return to causes rather than results
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading of its own root colophon (“Sagāthakapuññābhisandavaggo pañcamo”) and uddāna, this discourse closes Vagga 5 at ten discourses, matching this project's own SN 55.41-50 exactly. Rather than closing with the four factors of stream-entry themselves (confidence in the three refuges and ethical conduct), it closes with the identical four practical conditions already given as Sāriputta's own first answer at SN 55.5: associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching.
Reading guide
A deliberate return to causes, not results
This project's own direct comparison to SN 55.5: where most of this saṃyutta's own discourses restate the four factors of stream-entry (the confidences and ethical conduct, describing what a stream-enterer already possesses), this closing discourse restates instead the “factors for stream-entry” in Sāriputta's own original, causal sense — the conditions that lead toward the attainment, rather than the attainment's own description.
Vagga 5 closes by pointing backward
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse offers no new content, no simile, and no verse — a deliberately quiet closing to a vagga that opened with elaborate similes and verses at SN 55.41-43, ending instead by returning attention to how stream-entry is reached in the first place.
Key terms
cattārimāni sotāpattiyaṅgāni — “there are these four factors for stream-entry” — this discourse's own opening claim, using “aṅga” (“factor,” also this discourse's own title) in Sāriputta's own original causal sense from SN 55.5
sappurisasaṁsevo — “associating with true persons” — the first of the four practical conditions, identical to SN 55.5's own first answer
saddhammassavanaṁ — “listening to the true teaching” — the second condition
yonisomanasikāro — “rational application of mind” — the third condition
dhammānudhammappaṭipatti — “practicing in line with the teaching” — the fourth and final condition, closing both this discourse and Vagga 5 itself
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, there are these four factors for stream-entry. What four? Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching. These are the four factors for stream-entry.”
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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 closing discourse restate, unlike most of this saṃyutta's own discourses?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison to SN 55.5 — a deliberate return to causes rather than results.
Question 2 of 3
What does this discourse's own root colophon confirm about Vagga 5?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon, not assumed.
Question 3 of 3
How does this discourse's own closing style compare to this vagga's own opening discourses, SN 55.41-43?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — a deliberately understated close to an elaborately opened vagga.
