Early Buddhism

The Simile of the Sun (2nd)

Dutiyasūriyasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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As long as there are no sun and moon, the world is in darkness. So too, as long as the Realized One has not arisen and declared the four noble truths, the world is in darkness.

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