{"id":"sn48.54","title":"Footprints","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn48.54","title":"Footprints","units":[{"id":"sn48.54:0","sourceIds":["sn48.54:0.1","sn48.54:0.2","sn48.54:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.54\n6. Sūkarakhatavagga\nPadasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 48.54\n6. The Boar’s Cave\nFootprints"}},{"id":"sn48.54:1","sourceIds":["sn48.54:1.1","sn48.54:1.2","sn48.54:1.3","sn48.54:1.4","sn48.54:1.5","sn48.54:1.6","sn48.54:1.7","sn48.54:1.8","sn48.54:1.9","sn48.54:1.10","sn48.54:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṁ pāṇānaṁ padajātāni sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṁ gacchanti, hatthipadaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—mahantattena;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici padāni bodhāya saṁvattanti, paññindriyaṁ padaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāya.\nKatamāni ca, bhikkhave, padāni bodhāya saṁvattanti?\nSaddhindriyaṁ, bhikkhave, padaṁ, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati;\nvīriyindriyaṁ padaṁ, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati;\nsatindriyaṁ padaṁ, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati;\nsamādhindriyaṁ padaṁ, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati;\npaññindriyaṁ padaṁ, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṁ pāṇānaṁ padajātāni sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṁ gacchanti, hatthipadaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—mahantattena;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici padāni bodhāya saṁvattanti, paññindriyaṁ padaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāyā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“The footprints of all creatures that walk can fit inside an elephant’s footprint, so an elephant’s footprint is said to be the biggest of them all.\nIn the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the steps that lead to awakening; that is, for becoming awakened.\nAnd what are the steps that lead to awakening?\nThe faculties of faith,\nenergy,\nmindfulness,\nimmersion,\nand wisdom are steps that lead to awakening, in that they lead to becoming awakened.\nThe footprints of all creatures that walk can fit inside an elephant’s footprint, so an elephant’s footprint is said to be the biggest of them all.\nIn the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the steps that lead to awakening; that is, for becoming awakened. ”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn48.54/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}