Reading guide
One cause, the entire path's own range of fruits
This project's own synthesis of SN 55.55-58 taken together: the identical four conditions — associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational reflection, practicing in line with the teaching — are said to lead to all four stages of awakening, from the first entry onto the path to its own final completion, without requiring different causes for each stage.
Key terms
arahattaphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattanti — “lead to the realization of the fruit of perfection” — this discourse's own specific result, the highest and final fruit
arahatta — “perfection,” i.e. arahantship — full awakening, the fourth and final of the classic stages
… — the elision marking, standing in for the complete four-condition formula already given in full at SN 55.55
sotāpattiphala...sakadāgāmiphala...anāgāmiphala...arahattaphala — the complete four-fruit sequence this sub-series traces, SN 55.55 through this discourse
dhammānudhammappaṭipatti — “practicing in line with the teaching” — the fourth condition, assumed here as throughout this sub-sequence
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which itself preserves the elision back to SN 55.55. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to the realization of the fruit of perfection. …”
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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 result does this discourse name, closing the SN 55.55-58 sub-sequence?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — the fourth and final classic stage of awakening.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own synthesis of SN 55.55-58 conclude?
Correct: A. This project's own reading of what the four-discourse sub-sequence, taken together, confirms.
Question 3 of 3
What structural role does this discourse play in the larger SN 55.55-61 sequence?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — closing the fruits sub-set, with SN 55.59-61 on wisdom still to come.