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# SN 1:59 · Companion (Dutiya Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-59/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:52:10.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:59. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:31

“What is a person’s companion?
What is it that instructs him?
Taking delight
in what 		
	does a mortal
	gain release
	from all suffering & stress?”

“Conviction is a person’s companion.
Discernment is what instructs him.
Taking delight
in unbinding,
	a mortal
	gains release
	from all suffering & stress.”

See also: [SN 1:36](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-36/); [AN 6:78](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-6-78/); [Dhp 31](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-02/); [Dhp 79](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-06/); [Dhp 88–89](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-06/); [Dhp 181](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-14/); [Dhp 187](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-14/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1%5F59.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*