Not given — continuing directly from SN 55.73's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
The full four-condition formula given once more in full, then the vagga's own closing colophon and thirteen-title uddāna, then the saṃyutta's own closing line
Length
1–2 minutes to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★★ — confirmed by direct reading of the root colophon as the close of both Vagga 7 and the entire Sotāpattisaṃyutta (74 discourses, 7 vaggas), Book V's own eleventh saṃyutta
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading of its own root colophon, this discourse closes three things at once: Vagga 7 (“Mahāpaññavaggo sattamo”), the entire Sotāpattisaṃyutta (“Sotāpattisaṁyuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ” — confirming this project's own expected structure of 74 discourses across 7 vaggas, and confirming this saṃyutta as Book V's own eleventh, directly following SN 54, already confirmed complete by this project), and this vagga's own thirteen-term catalog begun at SN 55.62, closing with “nibbedhikapaññā” (“penetrating wisdom”), attributed one final time to the identical four conditions given in full.
Reading guide
The formula, given in full one final time
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse states the complete four-condition formula in full — associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching — exactly as first given at this vagga's own opening discourse, SN 55.62, now closing the vagga as well.
The close of Vagga 7 and of the entire saṃyutta
Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon (not assumed): “Terasamaṁ. Mahāpaññavaggo sattamo.” (“Thirteenth. The seventh vagga, Great Wisdom, [ends].”), followed immediately by “Sotāpattisaṁyuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ” (“The Sotāpattisaṃyutta is the eleventh [section].”) — confirming this project's own expected structure of 74 discourses across 7 vaggas, and confirming this saṃyutta as Book V's own eleventh.
A thirteen-title uddāna, confirmed against this project's own SN 55.62-74
Confirmed by direct reading, this vagga's own closing uddāna (“Great, wide, abundant, deep; unremitting, vast, abundance; fast, light, laughing, swift; sharp and penetrating”) lists exactly thirteen titles, matching this project's own SN 55.62 through SN 55.74 precisely — including this project's own earlier observed two-part grouping (scale, then manner), now confirmed directly by the root text's own ordering.
Key terms
nibbedhikapaññatāya saṁvattanti — “lead to penetrating wisdom” — this discourse's own final, thirteenth result
sappurisasaṁsevo, saddhammassavanaṁ, yonisomanasikāro, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti — the complete four-condition formula, given in full one final time: associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching
terasamaṁ. mahāpaññavaggo sattamo — “thirteenth. the seventh vagga, Great Wisdom [ends]” — the root colophon's own vagga-closing marker
sotāpattisaṁyuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ — “the Sotāpattisaṃyutta is the eleventh [section]” — the root colophon's own confirmation that this discourse closes the entire saṃyutta, Book V's own eleventh
mahā puthu vipula gambhīraṁ...tikkha nibbedhikāya cāti — the closing uddāna's own thirteen titles, confirmed by direct reading to match SN 55.62 through SN 55.74 exactly
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, including its own closing line. The vagga-closing colophon and uddāna verse are left untranslated in the consulted English source, as at several earlier vagga and saṃyutta closes throughout this project's own work. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom. What four? Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching. When these four things are developed and cultivated they lead to penetrating wisdom.”
ClosingThe Linked Discourses on Stream-Entry, the eleventh section.
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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 discourse's own root colophon confirm, according to this project's own direct reading?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon, not assumed in advance.
Question 2 of 3
What four conditions does this discourse restate in full, attributing penetrating wisdom to them?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — the identical formula first given in full at this vagga's own opening, SN 55.62.
Question 3 of 3
What does this discourse's own closing uddāna confirm about this project's own SN 55.62-74?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — a clean, exact match to this project's own tracked structure and its own noted grouping.
