{"id":"an4.34","title":"The Best Kinds of Confidence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.34","title":"The Best Kinds of Confidence","units":[{"id":"an4.34:0","sourceIds":["an4.34:0.1","an4.34:0.2","an4.34:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.34\n4. Cakkavagga\nAggappasādasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.34\n4. Situations\nThe Best Kinds of Confidence"}},{"id":"an4.34:1","sourceIds":["an4.34:1.1","an4.34:1.2","an4.34:1.3","an4.34:1.4","an4.34:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, aggappasādā.\nKatame cattāro?\nYāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā nevasaññināsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho.\nYe, bhikkhave, buddhe pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"“Mendicants, these four kinds of confidence are the best.\nWhat four?\nThe Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet; with form or formless; with perception or without perception or with neither perception nor non-perception.\nThose who have confidence in the Buddha have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an4.34:2","sourceIds":["an4.34:2.1","an4.34:2.2","an4.34:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, bhikkhave, dhammā saṅkhatā, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati.\nYe, bhikkhave, ariye aṭṭhaṅgike magge pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"The noble eightfold path is said to be the best of all conditioned things.\nThose who have confidence in the noble eightfold path have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an4.34:3","sourceIds":["an4.34:3.1","an4.34:3.2","an4.34:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, bhikkhave, dhammā saṅkhatā vā asaṅkhatā vā, virāgo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ madanimmadano pipāsavinayo ālayasamugghāto vaṭṭupacchedo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.\nYe, bhikkhave, virāge dhamme pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"Fading away is said to be the best of all things whether conditioned or unconditioned. That is, the quelling of vanity, the removing of thirst, the uprooting of clinging, the breaking of the round, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nThose who have confidence in the teaching of fading away have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an4.34:4","sourceIds":["an4.34:4.1","an4.34:4.2","an4.34:4.3","an4.34:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, bhikkhave, saṅghā vā gaṇā vā, tathāgatasāvakasaṅgho tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nYe, bhikkhave, saṅghe pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro aggappasādāti.","en":"The Saṅgha of the Realized One’s disciples is said to be the best of all communities and groups. It consists of the four pairs, the eight individual persons. This is the Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples that is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.\nThose who have confidence in the Saṅgha have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best.\nThese are the four best kinds of confidence."}},{"id":"an4.34:5","sourceIds":["an4.34:5.1","an4.34:5.2","an4.34:5.3","an4.34:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggato ve pasannānaṁ,\naggaṁ dhammaṁ vijānataṁ;\nAgge buddhe pasannānaṁ,\ndakkhiṇeyye anuttare.","en":"For those who, knowing the best teaching,\nbase their confidence on the best—\nconfident in the best Awakened One,\nsupremely worthy of a religious donation;"}},{"id":"an4.34:6","sourceIds":["an4.34:6.1","an4.34:6.2","an4.34:6.3","an4.34:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Agge dhamme pasannānaṁ,\nvirāgūpasame sukhe;\nAgge saṅghe pasannānaṁ,\npuññakkhette anuttare.","en":"confident in the best teaching,\nthe bliss of fading and stilling;\nconfident in the best Saṅgha,\nthe supreme field of merit—"}},{"id":"an4.34:7","sourceIds":["an4.34:7.1","an4.34:7.2","an4.34:7.3","an4.34:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggasmiṁ dānaṁ dadataṁ,\naggaṁ puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;\nAggaṁ āyu ca vaṇṇo ca,\nyaso kitti sukhaṁ balaṁ.","en":"giving gifts to the best,\nthe best of merit grows:\nthe best lifespan, beauty,\nfame, reputation, happiness, and strength."}},{"id":"an4.34:8","sourceIds":["an4.34:8.1","an4.34:8.2","an4.34:8.3","an4.34:8.4","an4.34:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggassa dātā medhāvī,\naggadhammasamāhito;\nDevabhūto manusso vā,\naggappatto pamodatī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"An intelligent person gives to the best,\nsettled on the best teaching.\nWhen they become a god or human,\nthey rejoice at reaching the best.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.34/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."}