{"id":"an10.74","title":"Growth","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an10.74","title":"Growth","units":[{"id":"an10.74:0","sourceIds":["an10.74:0.1","an10.74:0.2","an10.74:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.74\n8. Ākaṅkhavagga\nVaḍḍhisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 10.74\n8. If You Want\nGrowth"}},{"id":"an10.74:1","sourceIds":["an10.74:1.1","an10.74:1.2","an10.74:1.3","an10.74:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dasahi, bhikkhave, vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassa.\nKatamehi dasahi?\nKhettavatthūhi vaḍḍhati, dhanadhaññena vaḍḍhati, puttadārehi vaḍḍhati, dāsakammakaraporisehi vaḍḍhati, catuppadehi vaḍḍhati, saddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena vaḍḍhati, sutena vaḍḍhati, cāgena vaḍḍhati, paññāya vaḍḍhati—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassāti.","en":"“Mendicants, a noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.\nWhat ten?\nHe grows in fields and lands, money and grain, wives and children, in bondservants, workers, and staff, and in livestock. And he grows in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom.\nA noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life."}},{"id":"an10.74:2","sourceIds":["an10.74:2.1","an10.74:2.2","an10.74:2.3","an10.74:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhanena dhaññena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,\nPuttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;\nSa bhogavā hoti yasassi pūjito,\nÑātīhi mittehi athopi rājubhi.","en":"Someone who grows in money and grain,\nin wives, children, and livestock,\nis wealthy, famous, and respected\nby relatives and friends, and even by royals."}},{"id":"an10.74:3","sourceIds":["an10.74:3.1","an10.74:3.2","an10.74:3.3","an10.74:3.4","an10.74:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhāya sīlena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,\nPaññāya cāgena sutena cūbhayaṁ;\nSo tādiso sappuriso vicakkhaṇo,\nDiṭṭheva dhamme ubhayena vaḍḍhatī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"When someone grows in faith and ethics,\nwisdom, and both generosity and learning—\na good man such as he sees clearly,\nand in this very life he grows in both ways.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.74/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}