Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.146 15. Ābhāvagga Paṭhamakālasutta

Numbered Discourses 4.146 15. Brightness Times (1st)

1.1

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kālā.

“Mendicants, there are these four times.

1.2

Katame cattāro?

What four?

1.3

Kālena dhammassavanaṁ, kālena dhammasākacchā, kālena sammasanā, kālena vipassanā—

A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment.

1.4

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kālā”ti.

These are the four times.”

1.5

Chaṭṭhaṁ.