AN 1.52

English translation by Bhikkhu Candana.

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52. “Luminously radiant, Bhikkhus, is the heart. And, it is released from the suffocating encroachment of the defilements.”

“This, the Noble Disciple (Ariya Sāvaka) does know as it really is, and because of this reason, I declare that for such a Noble Disciple, there most certainly is development of the heart.”