{"id":"an4.79","title":"Business","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.79","title":"Business","units":[{"id":"an4.79:0","sourceIds":["an4.79:0.1","an4.79:0.2","an4.79:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.79\n8. Apaṇṇakavagga\nVaṇijjasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.79\n8.  Sure Bet\nBusiness"}},{"id":"an4.79:1","sourceIds":["an4.79:1.1","an4.79:1.2","an4.79:1.3","an4.79:1.4","an4.79:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā chedagāminī hoti?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā na yathādhippāyā hoti?\nKo nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā yathādhippāyā hoti?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā parādhippāyā hotī”ti?","en":"Then Venerable Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why for different people the same kind of business undertaking might fail,\nwhile another doesn’t meet expectations,\nanother meets expectations,\nand another exceeds expectations?”"}},{"id":"an4.79:2","sourceIds":["an4.79:2.1","an4.79:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, sāriputta, ekacco samaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā pavāreti: ‘vadatu, bhante, paccayenā’ti. So yena pavāreti taṁ na deti.\nSo ce tato cuto itthattaṁ āgacchati, so yaññadeva vaṇijjaṁ payojeti, sāssa hoti chedagāminī.","en":"“Sāriputta, take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. But they fail to give what’s requested.\nWhen they’ve passed away from that life, if they’re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake fails."}},{"id":"an4.79:3","sourceIds":["an4.79:3.1","an4.79:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, sāriputta, ekacco samaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā pavāreti: ‘vadatu, bhante, paccayenā’ti. So yena pavāreti taṁ na yathādhippāyaṁ deti.\nSo ce tato cuto itthattaṁ āgacchati, so yaññadeva vaṇijjaṁ payojeti, sāssa na hoti yathādhippāyā.","en":"Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what’s requested, but don’t meet expectations.\nWhen they’ve passed away from that life, if they’re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake doesn’t meet expectations."}},{"id":"an4.79:4","sourceIds":["an4.79:4.1","an4.79:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, sāriputta, ekacco samaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā pavāreti: ‘vadatu, bhante, paccayenā’ti. So yena pavāreti taṁ yathādhippāyaṁ deti.\nSo ce tato cuto itthattaṁ āgacchati, so yaññadeva vaṇijjaṁ payojeti, sāssa hoti yathādhippāyā.","en":"Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what’s requested, meeting expectations.\nWhen they’ve passed away from that life, if they’re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake meets expectations."}},{"id":"an4.79:5","sourceIds":["an4.79:5.1","an4.79:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha, sāriputta, ekacco samaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā pavāreti: ‘vadatu, bhante, paccayenā’ti. So yena pavāreti taṁ parādhippāyaṁ deti.\nSo ce tato cuto itthattaṁ āgacchati, so yaññadeva vaṇijjaṁ payojeti, sāssa hoti parādhippāyā.","en":"Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what’s requested, exceeding expectations.\nWhen they’ve passed away from that life, if they’re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake exceeds expectations."}},{"id":"an4.79:6","sourceIds":["an4.79:6.1","an4.79:6.2","an4.79:6.3","an4.79:6.4","an4.79:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayaṁ kho, sāriputta, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā chedagāminī hoti.\nAyaṁ pana, sāriputta, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā na yathādhippāyā hoti.\nAyaṁ kho pana, sāriputta, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā yathādhippāyā hoti.\nAyaṁ pana, sāriputta, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekaccassa tādisāva vaṇijjā payuttā parādhippāyā hotī”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"This is the cause, this is the reason why for different people the same kind of business undertaking might fail,\nwhile another doesn’t meet expectations,\nanother meets expectations,\nand another exceeds expectations.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.79/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."}