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SN 55.32PTS SN 5.3911 min read

Overflowing Merit (2nd)

Dutiyapuññābhisandasutta

The four factors of stream-entry—with generosity as the fourth—are streams of merit.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.32Linked Discourses 55.32
  • 0.24. Puññābhisandavagga4. Overflowing Merit

0.3DutiyapuññābhisandasuttaOverflowing Merit (2nd)

1.1PTS 5.392“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …1.4itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.1.5Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…the teaching …2.2saṅghe …pe….the Saṅgha …

3.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato.Furthermore, a noble disciple 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.3.2Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.3.3Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā”ti.These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.”

3.4Dutiyaṁ.