The Buddha explains the importance of good friendship in the development and cultivation of the noble eightfold path.

The Buddha explains the importance of accomplishment in wise attention in the development and cultivation of the noble eightfold path.

Just as dawn precedes and predicts the rising of the sun, so too does good friendship precede and predict the arising of the seven factors of awakening for a bhikkhu.

Just as dawn precedes and predicts the rising of the sun, so too does accomplishment in wise attention precede and predict the arising of the seven factors of awakening for a bhikkhu.

Just as dawn precedes and predicts the rising of the sun, so too, for a bhikkhu, right view precedes and predicts the breakthrough to the Four Noble Truths as they really are.