{"id":"sn55.37","title":"With Mahānāma","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn55.37","title":"With Mahānāma","units":[{"id":"sn55.37:0","sourceIds":["sn55.37:0.1","sn55.37:0.2","sn55.37:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.37\n4. Puññābhisandavagga\nMahānāmasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 55.37\n4. Overflowing Merit\nWith Mahānāma"}},{"id":"sn55.37:1","sourceIds":["sn55.37:1.1","sn55.37:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme.\nAtha kho mahānāmo sakko yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho mahānāmo sakko bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery.\nThen Mahānāma the Sakyan went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:"}},{"id":"sn55.37:2","sourceIds":["sn55.37:2.1","sn55.37:2.2","sn55.37:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, upāsako hotī”ti?\n“Yato kho, mahānāma, buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti, dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti, saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti—\nettāvatā kho, mahānāma, upāsako hotī”ti.","en":"“Sir, how is a lay follower defined?”\n“Mahānāma, when you’ve gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha,\nyou’re considered to be a lay follower.”"}},{"id":"sn55.37:3","sourceIds":["sn55.37:3.1","sn55.37:3.2","sn55.37:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittāvatā pana, bhante, upāsako sīlasampanno hotī”ti?\n“Yato kho, mahānāma, upāsako pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti—\nettāvatā kho, mahānāma, upāsako sīlasampanno hotī”ti.","en":"“But how is an ethical lay follower defined?”\n“When a lay follower doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor,\nthey’re considered to be an ethical lay follower.”"}},{"id":"sn55.37:4","sourceIds":["sn55.37:4.1","sn55.37:4.2","sn55.37:4.3","sn55.37:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittāvatā pana, bhante, upāsako saddhāsampanno hotī”ti?\n“Idha, mahānāma, upāsako saddho hoti, saddahati tathāgatassa bodhiṁ—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nEttāvatā kho, mahānāma, upāsako saddhāsampanno hotī”ti.","en":"“But how is a faithful lay follower defined?”\n“It’s when a lay follower 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.’\nThen they’re considered to be a faithful lay follower.”"}},{"id":"sn55.37:5","sourceIds":["sn55.37:5.1","sn55.37:5.2","sn55.37:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittāvatā pana, bhante, upāsako cāgasampanno hotī”ti?\n“Idha, mahānāma, upāsako vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato—\nettāvatā kho, mahānāma, upāsako cāgasampanno hotī”ti.","en":"“But how is a generous lay follower defined?”\n“It’s when a lay follower 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.\nThen they’re considered to be a generous lay follower.”"}},{"id":"sn55.37:6","sourceIds":["sn55.37:6.1","sn55.37:6.2","sn55.37:6.3","sn55.37:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittāvatā pana, bhante, upāsako paññāsampanno hotī”ti?\n“Idha, mahānāma, upāsako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā—\nettāvatā kho, mahānāma, upāsako paññāsampanno hotī”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"“But how is a wise lay follower defined?”\n“It’s when a lay follower is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.\nThen they’re considered to be a wise lay follower.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.37/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."}