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 46

Sīlavanta Suttaɱ

Virtuous

Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, when virtuous renunciants dwell in dependence on a village or a town, the people there generate much merit in three ways.

What three?

By body, speech, and mind.

When virtuous renunciants dwell in dependence on a village or a town, the people there generate much merit in these three ways."