Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
IV. Dāna Vagga

Sutta 37

Sappurisa-Dāna Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

Aṭṭh'imāni bhikkhave, sappurisa-dānāni.|| ||

Katamāni aṭṭha?|| ||

[244] 2. Suciṁ deti,||
paṇītaṁ detī,||
kālena deti,||
kappiyaṁ deti,||
viceyya deti,||
abhiṇhaṁ deti,||
dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeti||
datvā atta-mano hoti.|| ||

Imāni kho bhikkhave, aṭṭha sappurisa-dānānī ti.|| ||

 

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Suciṁ paṇītaṁ kālena kappiyaṁ pānabhojanaṁ||
Abhiṇhaṁ dadāti dānani sukhette Brahmacārīsu.|| ||

Na ca vippaṭisāri'ssa cajitvā āmisaṁ bahuṁ,||
Evaṁ dinnāni dānāni vaṇṇayanti vipassino.|| ||

Evaṁ yajitvā medhāvī saddho muttena cetasā,||
Akhyāpajjhaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ paṇḍito upapajjatī ti.|| ||