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Lodging Giver’s Mansion

Paṭhamaupassayadāyakavimānavatthu

Living generously and giving with confident hearts can bring about much happiness.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Pāyāsivagga

0.44. Paṭhamaupassayadāyakavimānavatthu

1.1“Cando yathā vigatavalāhake nabhe,1.2Obhāsayaṁ gacchati antalikkhe;1.3Tathūpamaṁ tuyhamidaṁ vimānaṁ,1.4Obhāsayaṁ tiṭṭhati antalikkhe.

2.1Deviddhipattosi mahānubhāvo,2.2Manussabhūto kimakāsi puññaṁ;2.3Kenāsi evaṁ jalitānubhāvo,2.4Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

3.1So devaputto attamano,3.2…pe…3.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

4.1“Ahañca bhariyā ca manussaloke,4.2Upassayaṁ arahato adamha;4.3Annañca pānañca pasannacittā,4.4Sakkacca dānaṁ vipulaṁ adamha.

5.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,5.2…pe…5.3Vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

6.1Paṭhamaupassayadāyakavimānaṁ catutthaṁ.