Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
V. Cūḷa Vagga
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
III. The Book of the Threes
V. The Minor Chapter
Sutta 41
Summukhi-Bhāva Suttaɱ
Present
Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, when three things are present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.
What three?
(1) When faith is present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.
(2) When an object to be given is present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.
(3) When those worthy of offerings are present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.
When these three things are present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit."
