{"id":"an5.40","title":"Great Sal Trees","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.40","title":"Great Sal Trees","units":[{"id":"an5.40:0","sourceIds":["an5.40:0.1","an5.40:0.2","an5.40:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.40\n4. Sumanavagga\nMahāsālaputtasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.40\n4. With Sumanā\nGreat Sal Trees"}},{"id":"an5.40:1","sourceIds":["an5.40:1.1","an5.40:1.2","an5.40:1.3","an5.40:1.4","an5.40:1.5","an5.40:1.6","an5.40:1.7","an5.40:1.8","an5.40:1.9","an5.40:1.10","an5.40:1.11","an5.40:1.12","an5.40:1.13","an5.40:1.14","an5.40:1.15","an5.40:1.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Himavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamāhi pañcahi?\nSākhāpattapalāsena vaḍḍhanti;\ntacena vaḍḍhanti;\npapaṭikāya vaḍḍhanti;\npheggunā vaḍḍhanti;\nsārena vaḍḍhanti.\nHimavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saddhaṁ kulaputtaṁ nissāya antojano pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhati.\nKatamāhi pañcahi?\nSaddhāya vaḍḍhati;\nsīlena vaḍḍhati;\nsutena vaḍḍhati;\ncāgena vaḍḍhati;\npaññāya vaḍḍhati.\nSaddhaṁ, bhikkhave, kulaputtaṁ nissāya antojano imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhatīti.","en":"“Mendicants, great sal trees grow in five ways supported by the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nWhat five?\nThe branches, leaves, and foliage;\nthe bark;\nthe shoots;\nthe softwood;\nand the hardwood.\nGreat sal trees grow in these five ways supported by the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nIn the same way, a family grows in five ways supported by a family head with faith.\nWhat five?\nFaith,\nethics,\nlearning,\ngenerosity,\nand wisdom.\nA family grows in these five ways supported by a family head with faith."}},{"id":"an5.40:2","sourceIds":["an5.40:2.1","an5.40:2.2","an5.40:2.3","an5.40:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā hi pabbato selo,\naraññasmiṁ brahāvane;\nTaṁ rukkhā upanissāya,\nvaḍḍhante te vanappatī.","en":"Supported by the rocky mountain\nin the wilds, the formidable forest,\nthe tree grows\nto become lord of the forest."}},{"id":"an5.40:3","sourceIds":["an5.40:3.1","an5.40:3.2","an5.40:3.3","an5.40:3.4","an5.40:3.5","an5.40:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva sīlasampannaṁ,\nSaddhaṁ kulaputtaṁ imaṁ;\nUpanissāya vaḍḍhanti,\nPuttadārā ca bandhavā;\nAmaccā ñātisaṅghā ca,\nYe cassa anujīvino.","en":"So too, when the family head\nis ethical and faithful,\nsupported by them, they grow:\nchildren, partners, and kin,\ncolleagues, relatives,\nand those dependent for their livelihood."}},{"id":"an5.40:4","sourceIds":["an5.40:4.1","an5.40:4.2","an5.40:4.3","an5.40:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tyassa sīlavato sīlaṁ,\ncāgaṁ sucaritāni ca;\nPassamānānukubbanti,\nye bhavanti vicakkhaṇā.","en":"Seeing the ethical conduct of the virtuous,\nthe generosity and good deeds,\nthose who see clearly\ndo likewise."}},{"id":"an5.40:5","sourceIds":["an5.40:5.1","an5.40:5.2","an5.40:5.3","an5.40:5.4","an5.40:5.5","an5.40:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha dhammaṁ caritvāna,\nmaggaṁ sugatigāminaṁ;\nNandino devalokasmiṁ,\nmodanti kāmakāmino”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nSumanavaggo catuttho.","en":"Having practiced the teaching here,\nthe path that goes to a good place,\nthey delight in the heavenly realm,\nenjoying all the pleasures they desire.”"}},{"id":"an5.40:6","sourceIds":["an5.40:6.0","an5.40:6.1","an5.40:6.2","an5.40:6.3","an5.40:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSumanā cundī uggaho,\nsīho dānānisaṁsako;\nKālabhojanasaddhā ca,\nputtasālehi te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.40/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."}