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Numbered Discourses 4.60 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.60

6. Overflowing Merit – 6. Puññābhisandavagga

AN 4.60 Lay Practice – Gihisāmīcisutta

 

1.1

Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

2.1

“Householder, when a noble disciple does four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven.

“Catūhi kho, gahapati, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikaṁ.

2.2

What four?

Katamehi catūhi?

2.3

It’s when a noble disciple serves the bhikkhu Saṅgha with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

Idha, gahapati, ariyasāvako bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti cīvarena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti piṇḍapātena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti senāsanena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena.

2.4

When a noble disciple does these four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven.

Imehi kho, gahapati, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikanti.

3.1

Those who are astute practice the way

Gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ,

3.2

that’s appropriate for laypeople.

paṭipajjanti paṇḍitā;

3.3

They provide those who are ethical

Sammaggate sīlavante,

3.4

and on the right path with robes,

cīvarena upaṭṭhitā.

4.1

almsfood, lodgings,

Piṇḍapātasayanena,

4.2

and supplies for the sick.

Gilānappaccayena ca;

4.3

Their merit always grows

Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,

4.4

by day and by night.

Sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;

4.5

They pass on to a place in heaven,

Saggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṁ,

4.6

having done excellent deeds.”

Kammaṁ katvāna bhaddakan”ti.

4.7

 

Dasamaṁ.

4.8

 

Puññābhisandavaggo paṭhamo.

5.0

 

Tassuddānaṁ

5.1

 

Dve puññābhisandā dve ca,

5.2

 

saṁvāsā samajīvino;

5.3

 

Suppavāsā sudatto ca,

5.4

 

bhojanaṁ gihisāmicīti.