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Cittalatāvimānavatthu

What are the results of taking care of one’s parents and having confidence in monks?

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Sunikkhittavagga

0.41. Cittalatāvimānavatthu

1.1“Yathā vanaṁ cittalataṁ pabhāsati,1.2Uyyānaseṭṭhaṁ tidasānamuttamaṁ;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“Ahaṁ manussesu manussabhūto,4.2Daliddo atāṇo kapaṇo kammakaro ahosiṁ;4.3Jiṇṇe ca mātāpitaro abhāriṁ,4.4Piyā ca me sīlavanto ahesuṁ;4.5Annañca pānañca pasannacitto,4.6Sakkacca dānaṁ vipulaṁ adāsiṁ.

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

6.1Cittalatāvimānaṁ paṭhamaṁ.