{"id":"sn55.34","title":"Footprints of the Gods (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn55.34","title":"Footprints of the Gods (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn55.34:0","sourceIds":["sn55.34:0.1","sn55.34:0.2","sn55.34:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.34\n4. Puññābhisandavagga\nPaṭhamadevapadasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 55.34\n4. Overflowing Merit\nFootprints of the Gods (1st)"}},{"id":"sn55.34:1","sourceIds":["sn55.34:1.1","sn55.34:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, devānaṁ devapadāni avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, these four footprints of the gods are in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings."}},{"id":"sn55.34:2","sourceIds":["sn55.34:2.1","sn55.34:2.2","sn55.34:2.3","sn55.34:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamāni cattāri?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nIdaṁ paṭhamaṁ devānaṁ devapadaṁ avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.","en":"What four?\nFirstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …\nThis is the first footprint of the gods in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings."}},{"id":"sn55.34:3","sourceIds":["sn55.34:3.1","sn55.34:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…\nsaṅghe …pe….","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching …\nthe Saṅgha …"}},{"id":"sn55.34:4","sourceIds":["sn55.34:4.1","sn55.34:4.2","sn55.34:4.3","sn55.34:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nIdaṁ catutthaṁ devānaṁ devapadaṁ avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri devānaṁ devapadāni avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāyā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","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 footprint of the gods in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.\nThese four footprints of the gods are in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.34/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."}