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SN 46.44 - Witless Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn46.44/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 46.44 5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch Witless Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, they speak of ‘a witless idiot’. How is a witless idiot defined?” “Mendicant, they’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. They’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”