Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)

AN 8.75

Accomplishments (1st) · Paṭhamasampadāsutta

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“Mendicants, there are these eight accomplishments. What eight? Accomplishment in initiative, protection, good friendship, and balanced finances. And accomplishment in faith, ethics, generosity, and wisdom. These are the eight accomplishments.

“Aṭṭhimā, bhikkhave, sampadā. Katamā aṭṭha? Uṭṭhānasampadā, ārakkhasampadā, kalyāṇamittatā, samajīvitā, saddhāsampadā, sīlasampadā, cāgasampadā, paññāsampadā— imā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha sampadāti.

They’re enterprising in the workplace, diligent in managing things, they balance their finances, and preserve their wealth.

Uṭṭhātā kammadheyyesu, appamatto vidhānavā; Samaṁ kappeti jīvikaṁ, sambhataṁ anurakkhati.

Faithful, accomplished in ethics, bountiful, rid of stinginess, they always purify the path to well-being in lives to come.

Saddho sīlena sampanno, vadaññū vītamaccharo; Niccaṁ maggaṁ visodheti, sotthānaṁ samparāyikaṁ.

And so these eight qualities of a faithful householder of discernment are declared by the one who is truly named to lead to happiness in both spheres,

Iccete aṭṭha dhammā ca, saddhassa gharamesino; Akkhātā saccanāmena, ubhayattha sukhāvahā.

welfare and benefit in this life, and happiness in lives to come. This is how, for a householder, merit grows by generosity.”

Diṭṭhadhammahitatthāya, samparāyasukhāya ca; Evametaṁ gahaṭṭhānaṁ, cāgo puññaṁ pavaḍḍhatī”ti. Pañcamaṁ.

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