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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourse 55.51

With Verses

Sagāthakasutta — Sappaññavagga

Setting
Not given — continuing directly from SN 55.50's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants, closing with a verse
Form
The bare four factors, closing with a verse already met elsewhere in this saṃyutta
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — opens Vagga 6 with the identical closing verse already met at SN 55.26, now attached to a bare restatement rather than a deathbed narrative

Why this discourse

Confirmed by direct comparison, this discourse's own closing verse — “whoever has faith in the Realized One, unwavering and well grounded…so let the wise devote themselves” — is word for word identical to the verse Sāriputta spoke to the recovered Anāthapiṇḍika at SN 55.26, here reused without its own original narrative context.

Reading guide

A verse detached from its own original scene

This project's own direct comparison: at SN 55.26, this verse closed a specific deathbed counseling scene; here, it closes a bare doctrinal statement with no narrative at all — confirming this verse functioned as a portable, reusable teaching tool, not tied permanently to Sāriputta's own visit to Anāthapiṇḍika.

Key terms

yo tathāgate saddho niviṭṭho, mūlajātāya suppatiṭṭhito — “whoever has faith in the Realized One, unwavering and well grounded” — this discourse's own closing verse, identical to SN 55.26's own
sagāthaka — “with verses” — this discourse's own title, echoing Vagga 5's own name and confirming this vagga also includes verse material
aveccappasāda — “experiential confidence” — the shared term for confidence in the Buddha, teaching, and Saṅgha
ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato — “has the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones” — the fourth factor, restated identically here
appamattaṁ jīvitaṁ — “their life is not in vain” — a line from the verse's own second stanza, unchanged from SN 55.26

The text

Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

§1“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. What four? It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha … the teaching … the Saṅgha … And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion. A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

Closing verse“Whoever has faith in the Realized One, unwavering and well grounded; whose ethical conduct is good, praised and loved by the noble ones; who has confidence in the Saṅgha, and correct view: they’re said to be prosperous, their life is not in vain. So let the wise devote themselves to faith, ethical behaviour, confidence, and insight into the teaching, remembering the instructions of the Buddhas.”

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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
Where else in this saṃyutta has this project already confirmed this discourse's own closing verse?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — the identical verse, word for word.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own comparison confirm about how this verse is used?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — the same verse detached from its own original deathbed context.
Question 3 of 3
What confirms this vagga also includes verse material, matching Vagga 5's own name?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of this discourse's own title.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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