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Ways of Being Inclusive

Saṅgahavatthusutta

How to gather and sustain a community.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.256Numbered Discourses 4.256
  • 0.226. Abhiññāvagga26. Insight

0.3SaṅgahavatthusuttaWays of Being Inclusive

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, saṅgahavatthūni.“Mendicants, there are these four ways of being inclusive.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Dānaṁ, peyyavajjaṁ, atthacariyā, samānattatā—Giving, kindly words, taking care, and equality.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri saṅgahavatthūnī”ti.These are the four ways of being inclusive.”

1.5Tatiyaṁ.