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Wealthy Sons of Wealthy Merchants

Seṭṭhiputtapetavatthu

Ghosts discuss their past about not practicing generosity.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.315. Seṭṭhiputtapetavatthu

1.1“Saṭṭhivassasahassāni,1.2paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;1.3Niraye paccamānānaṁ,1.4kadā anto bhavissati.

2.1Natthi anto kuto anto,2.2na anto paṭidissati;2.3Tathā hi pakataṁ pāpaṁ,2.4tuyhaṁ mayhañca mārisā.

3.1Dujjīvitamajīvamha,3.2ye sante na dadamhase;3.3Santesu deyyadhammesu,3.4dīpaṁ nākamha attano.

4.1Sohaṁ nūna ito gantvā,4.2yoniṁ laddhāna mānusiṁ;4.3Vadaññū sīlasampanno,4.4kāhāmi kusalaṁ bahun”ti.

5.1Seṭṭhiputtapetavatthu pannarasamaṁ.