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Suvaṇṇavimānavatthu

What are the results of building a monastery and offering it to the Supreme Buddha?

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Sunikkhittavagga

0.44. Suvaṇṇavimānavatthu

1.1“Sovaṇṇamaye pabbatasmiṁ,1.2vimānaṁ sabbatopabhaṁ;1.3Hemajālapaṭicchannaṁ,1.4kiṅkiṇijālakappitaṁ.

2.1Aṭṭhaṁsā sukatā thambhā,2.2sabbe veḷuriyāmayā;2.3Ekamekāya aṁsiyā,2.4ratanā satta nimmitā.

3.1Veḷuriyasuvaṇṇassa,3.2phalikā rūpiyassa ca;3.3Masāragallamuttāhi,3.4lohitaṅgamaṇīhi ca.

4.1Citrā manoramā bhūmi,4.2na tatthuddhaṁsatī rajo;4.3Gopānasīgaṇā pītā,4.4kūṭaṁ dhārenti nimmitā.

5.1Sopānāni ca cattāri,5.2nimmitā caturo disā;5.3Nānāratanagabbhehi,5.4ādiccova virocati.

6.1Vediyā catasso tattha,6.2vibhattā bhāgaso mitā;6.3Daddallamānā ābhanti,6.4samantā caturo disā.

7.1Tasmiṁ vimāne pavare,7.2devaputto mahappabho;7.3Atirocasi vaṇṇena,7.4udayantova bhāṇumā.

8.1Dānassa te idaṁ phalaṁ,8.2atho sīlassa vā pana;8.3Atho añjalikammassa,8.4taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.

9.1So devaputto attamano,9.2…pe…9.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

10.1“Ahaṁ andhakavindasmiṁ,10.2buddhassādiccabandhuno;10.3Vihāraṁ satthu kāresiṁ,10.4pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

11.1Tattha gandhañca mālañca,11.2paccayañca vilepanaṁ;11.3Vihāraṁ satthu adāsiṁ,11.4vippasannena cetasā;11.5Tena mayhaṁ idaṁ laddhaṁ,11.6vasaṁ vattemi nandane.

12.1Nandane ca vane ramme,12.2nānādijagaṇāyute;12.3Ramāmi naccagītehi,12.4accharāhi purakkhato”ti.

13.1Suvaṇṇavimānaṁ catutthaṁ.