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Overflowing Merit (3rd)

Tatiyaabhisandasutta

The four factors of stream-entry—with wisdom as the fourth—are streams of merit, and like the ocean cannot be counted. With verses.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.43Linked Discourses 55.43
  • 0.25. Sagāthakapuññābhisandavagga5. Overflowing Merit, With Verses

0.3TatiyaabhisandasuttaOverflowing 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 …

3.1PTS 5.402Puna 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.These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.

4.1Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ:When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying that4.2‘ettako puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro’ti.this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.4.3Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”

4.4Idamavoca bhagavā …pe…That is what the Buddha said.4.5satthā:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

5.1“Yo puññakāmo kusale patiṭṭhito,“One who desires merit, grounded in the skillful,5.2Bhāveti maggaṁ amatassa pattiyā;develops the path to realize freedom from death.5.3So dhammasārādhigamo khaye rato,Once they’ve reached the heart of the teaching, <j>delighting in ending,5.4Na vedhati maccurājāgamanasmin”ti.they don’t tremble at the approach <j>of the King of Death.”

5.5Tatiyaṁ.