Not given — continuing directly from SN 55.70's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A single compressed sentence, cross-referencing SN 55.62's own structure
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★ — the tenth of thirteen discourses, its own term already met by this project describing arahants specifically at SN 55.24
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct comparison, “hāsapaññā” (“laughing wisdom”) is not new vocabulary: this project already met it at SN 55.24's own sevenfold typology, there paired with “javanapaññā” (“swift wisdom,” this vagga's own SN 55.72) as one of the qualities distinguishing an arahant, endowed with freedom, from the lesser attainments described alongside it.
Reading guide
A term recognized from the Sarakāni controversy
This project's own direct cross-reference: at SN 55.24, “laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, and are endowed with freedom” distinguished the first, highest category (the arahant) in the sevenfold typology defending Sarakāni's own posthumous declaration — here, the identical pair of terms (hāsa, javana) each receive their own dedicated discourse in this vagga's own catalog.
A quality of readiness, not literal laughter
This project's own reading: “hāsa” (“laughter, mirth”) applied to wisdom suggests a quality of ready, unforced responsiveness — wisdom that arises easily, without strain — rather than literal amusement.
Key terms
hāsapaññatāya saṁvattanti — “lead to laughing wisdom” — this discourse's own specific result
hāsapaññā ca javanapaññā ca, vimuttiyā ca samannāgato — “laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, and are endowed with freedom” — the identical pair of terms already met at SN 55.24, there distinguishing the arahant
hāsa — “laughter, mirth” — here suggesting a quality of ready, unforced responsiveness rather than literal amusement
… — the elision marking, standing in for the complete four-condition formula already given in full at SN 55.62
sappurisasaṁsevo — “associating with true persons” — the first condition, assumed here
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which itself preserves the elision back to SN 55.62. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to laughing wisdom …”
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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 has this project already encountered the term "hāsapaññā" in this saṃyutta?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — the identical term already met at the Sarakāni controversy.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own reading suggest "hāsa" ("laughter") means when applied to wisdom?
Correct: A. This project's own interpretive reading of a term describing manner of operation, like SN 55.69-70's own terms.
Question 3 of 3
What does this discourse's own companion term, "javana" ("swift"), appear as in this vagga?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — the same pair from SN 55.24 each receiving its own discourse here.
