{"id":"sn11.16","title":"Sponsoring Sacrifice","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn11.16","title":"Sponsoring Sacrifice","units":[{"id":"sn11.16:0","sourceIds":["sn11.16:0.1","sn11.16:0.2","sn11.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.16\n2. Dutiyavagga\nYajamānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 11.16\nChapter Two\nSponsoring Sacrifice"}},{"id":"sn11.16:1","sourceIds":["sn11.16:1.1","sn11.16:1.2","sn11.16:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.\nAtha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.\nAnd then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,\nand addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn11.16:2","sourceIds":["sn11.16:2.1","sn11.16:2.2","sn11.16:2.3","sn11.16:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,\npuññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;\nKarotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,\nkattha dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.","en":"“For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,\nwho sponsor sacrifices,\nmaking worldly merit,\nwhere is a gift very fruitful?”"}},{"id":"sn11.16:3","sourceIds":["sn11.16:3.1","sn11.16:3.2","sn11.16:3.3","sn11.16:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattāro ca paṭipannā,\ncattāro ca phale ṭhitā;\nEsa saṅgho ujubhūto,\npaññāsīlasamāhito.","en":"“Four practicing the path,\nand four established in the fruit.\nThis is the upright Saṅgha,\nwith wisdom, ethics, and immersion."}},{"id":"sn11.16:4","sourceIds":["sn11.16:4.1","sn11.16:4.2","sn11.16:4.3","sn11.16:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,\nPuññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;\nKarotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,\nSaṅghe dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.","en":"For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,\nwho sponsor sacrifices,\nmaking worldly merit,\nwhat is given to the Saṅgha is very fruitful.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.16/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."}