Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)

AN 4.60

Lay Practice · Gihisāmīcisutta

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Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Householder, when a noble disciple does four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven. What four? It’s when a noble disciple serves the mendicant Saṅgha with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. When a noble disciple does these four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven.

“Catūhi kho, gahapati, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikaṁ. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, gahapati, ariyasāvako bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti cīvarena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti piṇḍapātena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti senāsanena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena. Imehi kho, gahapati, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikanti.

Those who are astute practice the way that’s appropriate for laypeople. They provide those who are ethical and rightly comported with robes,

Gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ, paṭipajjanti paṇḍitā; Sammaggate sīlavante, cīvarena upaṭṭhitā.

almsfood, lodgings, and supplies for the sick. Their merit always grows by day and by night. They pass on to a place in heaven, having done excellent deeds.”

Piṇḍapātasayanena, Gilānappaccayena ca; Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, Sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; Saggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṁ, Kammaṁ katvāna bhaddakan”ti. Dasamaṁ. Puññābhisandavaggo paṭhamo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Dve puññābhisandā dve ca, saṁvāsā samajīvino; Suppavāsā sudatto ca, bhojanaṁ gihisāmicīti.

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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)

AN 4.60

Lay Practice · Gihisāmīcisutta

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Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

Those who are astute practice the way that’s appropriate for laypeople. They provide those who are ethical and rightly comported with robes,

Gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ, paṭipajjanti paṇḍitā; Sammaggate sīlavante, cīvarena upaṭṭhitā.

almsfood, lodgings, and supplies for the sick. Their merit always grows by day and by night. They pass on to a place in heaven, having done excellent deeds.”

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Dve puññābhisandā dve ca, saṁvāsā samajīvino; Suppavāsā sudatto ca, bhojanaṁ gihisāmicīti.

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AN 4.60Lay Practice · Gihisāmīcisutta

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AN 4.60Lay Practice · Gihisāmīcisutta

AN 4.60