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SN 2.4 - With Maghada Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn2.4/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 2.4 Chapter One With Maghada At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, the godling Maghada addressed the Buddha in verse: “How many lamps are there that light up the world? We’ve come to ask the Buddha; how are we to understand this?” “There are four lamps in the world, a fifth is not found. The sun blazes by day, the moon radiates at night, while a fire illuminates both by day and by night. But a Buddha is the best of blazes: this is the supreme radiance.”