{"id":"sn55.31","title":"Overflowing Merit (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn55.31","title":"Overflowing Merit (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn55.31:0","sourceIds":["sn55.31:0.1","sn55.31:0.2","sn55.31:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.31\n4. Puññābhisandavagga\nPaṭhamapuññābhisandasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 55.31\n4. Overflowing Merit\nOverflowing Merit (1st)"}},{"id":"sn55.31:1","sourceIds":["sn55.31:1.1","sn55.31:1.2","sn55.31:1.3","sn55.31:1.4","sn55.31:1.5","sn55.31:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.\nKatame cattāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nAyaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.\nWhat four?\nFirstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …\nThis is the first kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness."}},{"id":"sn55.31:2","sourceIds":["sn55.31:2.1","sn55.31:2.2","sn55.31:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—\nsvākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo …pe… paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhīti.\nAyaṁ dutiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching …\nThis is the second kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness."}},{"id":"sn55.31:3","sourceIds":["sn55.31:3.1","sn55.31:3.2","sn55.31:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—\nsuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti.\nAyaṁ tatiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Saṅgha …\nThis is the third kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness."}},{"id":"sn55.31:4","sourceIds":["sn55.31:4.1","sn55.31:4.2","sn55.31:4.3","sn55.31:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAyaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","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, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.\nThese are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.31/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."}