{"id":"an5.47","title":"Wealth","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.47","title":"Wealth","units":[{"id":"an5.47:0","sourceIds":["an5.47:0.1","an5.47:0.2","an5.47:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.47\n5. Muṇḍarājavagga\nDhanasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.47\n5. With King Muṇḍa\nWealth"}},{"id":"an5.47:1","sourceIds":["an5.47:1.1","an5.47:1.2","an5.47:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, dhanāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nSaddhādhanaṁ, sīladhanaṁ, sutadhanaṁ, cāgadhanaṁ, paññādhanaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of wealth.\nWhat five?\nThe wealth of faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom."}},{"id":"an5.47:2","sourceIds":["an5.47:2.1","an5.47:2.2","an5.47:2.3","an5.47:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, saddhādhanaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saddho hoti, saddahati tathāgatassa bodhiṁ:\n‘itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, saddhādhanaṁ.","en":"And what is the wealth of faith?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has faith in the Realized One’s awakening:\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 called the wealth of faith."}},{"id":"an5.47:3","sourceIds":["an5.47:3.1","an5.47:3.2","an5.47:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, sīladhanaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sīladhanaṁ.","en":"And what is the wealth of ethics?\nIt’s when a noble disciple doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.\nThis is called the wealth of ethics."}},{"id":"an5.47:4","sourceIds":["an5.47:4.1","an5.47:4.2","an5.47:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, sutadhanaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdho.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sutadhanaṁ.","en":"And what is the wealth of learning?\nIt’s when a noble disciple is very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.\nThis is called the wealth of learning."}},{"id":"an5.47:5","sourceIds":["an5.47:5.1","an5.47:5.2","an5.47:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, cāgadhanaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgo payatapāṇi vosaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, cāgadhanaṁ.","en":"And what is the wealth of generosity?\nIt’s when a noble disciple lives at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.\nThis is called the wealth of generosity."}},{"id":"an5.47:6","sourceIds":["an5.47:6.1","an5.47:6.2","an5.47:6.3","an5.47:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, paññādhanaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti, udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, paññādhanaṁ.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhanānīti.","en":"And what is the wealth of wisdom?\nIt’s when a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.\nThis is called the wealth of wisdom.\nThese are the five kinds of wealth."}},{"id":"an5.47:7","sourceIds":["an5.47:7.1","an5.47:7.2","an5.47:7.3","an5.47:7.4"],"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":"an5.47:8","sourceIds":["an5.47:8.1","an5.47:8.2","an5.47:8.3","an5.47:8.4"],"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":"an5.47:9","sourceIds":["an5.47:9.1","an5.47:9.2","an5.47:9.3","an5.47:9.4","an5.47:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā saddhañca sīlañca,\npasādaṁ dhammadassanaṁ;\nAnuyuñjetha medhāvī,\nsaraṁ buddhāna sāsanan”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","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/an5.47/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."}