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Dutiyacakkānuvattanasuttaṃ [AN 5.132, PTS 3.149]

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The Second Discourse on Turning the Wheel

132.More DetailsCommentaries "Monks, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch, possessed of five factors, keeps turning the wheel set in motion by his father by the Teaching alone; that wheel cannot be turned back by any human being who is an adversary with hostile intent.

"Which five? Here, monks, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch knows the meaning, knows the Teaching, knows moderation, knows the proper time, and knows the assembly. Monks, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch, possessed of these five factors, keeps turning the wheel set in motion by his father by the Teaching alone; that wheel cannot be turned back by any human being who is an adversary with hostile intent.

"So too, monks, Sāriputta, possessed of five qualities, rightly keeps turning the unsurpassed wheel of the Teaching that was set in motion by the Truth-finder; that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world.

"Which five? Here, monks, Sāriputta knows the meaning, knows the Teaching, knows moderation, knows the proper time, and knows the assembly. Monks, Sāriputta, possessed of these five qualities, rightly keeps turning the unsurpassed wheel of the Teaching that was set in motion by the Truth-finder; that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world." The second.

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