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4. Overflowing Merit – 4. Puññābhisandavagga

SN 55.33 Overflowing Merit (3rd) – Tatiyapuññābhisandasutta

 

“Bhikkhū, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.

What four?

Katame cattāro?

It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—

 

itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.

 

Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.

the teaching …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…

the Saṅgha …

saṅghe …pe….

Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.

This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.

Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.

These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā”ti.