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AN 4.59PTS AN 2.64Bhojana1 min read

Food

Bhojanasutta

Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.59Numbered Discourses 4.59
  • 0.26. Puññābhisandavagga6. Overflowing Merit

0.3BhojanasuttaFood

1.1“Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti.“Mendicants, when a donor gives food, they give the recipients four things.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti.Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. …”1.4Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.1.5Vaṇṇaṁ datvā … sukhaṁ datvā … balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.1.6Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni cattāri ṭhānāni detīti.

2.1Yo saññatānaṁ paradattabhojinaṁ,2.2Kālena sakkacca dadāti bhojanaṁ;2.3Cattāri ṭhānāni anuppavecchati,2.4Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṁ balañca.

3.1So āyudāyī vaṇṇadāyī,3.2sukhaṁ balaṁ dado naro;3.3Dīghāyu yasavā hoti,3.4yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti.

3.5Navamaṁ.