{"id":"an4.52","title":"Overflowing Merit (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.52","title":"Overflowing Merit (2nd)","units":[{"id":"an4.52:0","sourceIds":["an4.52:0.1","an4.52:0.2","an4.52:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.52\n6. Puññābhisandavagga\nDutiyapuññābhisandasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.52\n6. Overflowing Merit\nOverflowing Merit (2nd)"}},{"id":"an4.52:1","sourceIds":["an4.52:1.1","an4.52:1.2","an4.52:1.3","an4.52:1.4","an4.52:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā sovaggikā sukhavipākā saggasaṁvattanikā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame cattāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness. They nurture happiness and are conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. They lead to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness.\nWhat four?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha:\n‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’\nThis is the first kind of overflowing merit …"}},{"id":"an4.52:2","sourceIds":["an4.52:2.1","an4.52:2.2","an4.52:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī’ti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching:\n‘The teaching is well explained by the Buddha—apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.’\nThis is the second kind of overflowing merit …"}},{"id":"an4.52:3","sourceIds":["an4.52:3.1","an4.52:3.2","an4.52:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ujuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ñāyappaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, sāmīcippaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, yadidaṁ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā, esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā’ti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Saṅgha:\n‘The Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples is practicing the way that’s good, direct, systematic, and proper. 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.’\nThis is the third kind of overflowing merit …"}},{"id":"an4.52:4","sourceIds":["an4.52:4.1","an4.52:4.2","an4.52:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi acchiddehi asabalehi akammāsehi bhujissehi viññuppasatthehi aparāmaṭṭhehi samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā sovaggikā sukhavipākā saggasaṁvattanikā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattantīti.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple’s ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion.\nThis is the fourth kind of overflowing merit …\nThese are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness. They nurture happiness and are conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. They lead to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness."}},{"id":"an4.52:5","sourceIds":["an4.52:5.1","an4.52:5.2","an4.52:5.3","an4.52:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa saddhā tathāgate,\nacalā suppatiṭṭhitā;\nSīlañca yassa kalyāṇaṁ,\nariyakantaṁ pasaṁsitaṁ.","en":"Whoever has faith in the Realized One,\nunwavering and well grounded;\nwhose ethical conduct is good,\npraised and loved by the noble ones;"}},{"id":"an4.52:6","sourceIds":["an4.52:6.1","an4.52:6.2","an4.52:6.3","an4.52:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅghe pasādo yassatthi,\nujubhūtañca dassanaṁ;\nAdaliddoti taṁ āhu,\namoghaṁ tassa jīvitaṁ.","en":"who has confidence in the Saṅgha,\nand correct view:\nthey’re said to be prosperous,\ntheir life is not in vain."}},{"id":"an4.52:7","sourceIds":["an4.52:7.1","an4.52:7.2","an4.52:7.3","an4.52:7.4","an4.52:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā saddhañca sīlañca,\npasādaṁ dhammadassanaṁ;\nAnuyuñjetha medhāvī,\nsaraṁ buddhāna sāsanan”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"So let the wise devote themselves\nto faith, ethical behavior,\nconfidence, and insight into the teaching,\nremembering the instructions of the Buddhas.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.52/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."}