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SN 55.33PTS SN 5.3921 min read

Overflowing Merit (3rd)

Tatiyapuññābhisandasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.33Linked Discourses 55.33
  • 0.24. Puññābhisandavagga4. Overflowing Merit

0.3TatiyapuññābhisandasuttaOverflowing Merit (3rd)

1.1“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 paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.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.”

3.4Tatiyaṁ.