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AN 4.31PTS AN 2.321 min read

Situations

Cakkasutta

Living in a suitable region, relying on good people, right determination, and past good karma.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.31Numbered Discourses 4.31
  • 0.24. Cakkavagga4. Situations

0.3CakkasuttaSituations

1.1PTS 2.32“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, cakkāni, yehi samannāgatānaṁ devamanussānaṁ catucakkaṁ vattati, yehi samannāgatā devamanussā nacirasseva mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ pāpuṇanti bhogesu.“Mendicants, there are these four situations. When these situations come about, any god or human who takes advantage of them will soon acquire great and abundant wealth.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Patirūpadesavāso, sappurisāvassayo, attasammāpaṇidhi, pubbe ca katapuññatā—Living in a suitable region, relying on true persons, being rightly resolved in oneself, and past merit.

1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri cakkāni, yehi samannāgatānaṁ devamanussānaṁ catucakkaṁ vattati, yehi samannāgatā devamanussā nacirasseva mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ pāpuṇanti bhogesūti.These are the four situations. When these situations come about, any god or human who takes advantage of them will soon acquire great and abundant wealth.

2.1Patirūpe vase dese,When a man lives in a suitable region,2.2ariyamittakaro siyā;making friends with noble ones,2.3Sammāpaṇidhisampanno,possessing right resolve,2.4pubbe puññakato naro;and having merit from the past,2.5Dhaññaṁ dhanaṁ yaso kitti,grain, riches, fame, reputation,2.6sukhañcetaṁdhivattatī”ti.and happiness come to them.”

2.7Paṭhamaṁ.