{"id":"an4.258","title":"Families","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.258","title":"Families","units":[{"id":"an4.258:0","sourceIds":["an4.258:0.1","an4.258:0.2","an4.258:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.258\n26. Abhiññāvagga\nKulasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.258\n26. Insight\nFamilies"}},{"id":"an4.258:1","sourceIds":["an4.258:1.1","an4.258:1.2","an4.258:1.3","an4.258:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yāni kānici, bhikkhave, kulāni bhogesu mahattaṁ pattāni na ciraṭṭhitikāni bhavanti, sabbāni tāni catūhi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nNaṭṭhaṁ na gavesanti, jiṇṇaṁ na paṭisaṅkharonti, aparimitapānabhojanā honti, dussīlaṁ itthiṁ vā purisaṁ vā ādhipacce ṭhapenti.\nYāni kānici, bhikkhave, kulāni bhogesu mahattaṁ pattāni na ciraṭṭhitikāni bhavanti, sabbāni tāni imehi catūhi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena.","en":"“Mendicants, when families don’t stay wealthy for long, it’s always for one or more of these four reasons.\nWhat four?\nThey don’t look for what’s lost; they don’t repair old things; they eat and drink too much; or they put an unethical woman or man in charge.\nWhen families don’t stay wealthy for long, it’s always for one or more of these four reasons."}},{"id":"an4.258:2","sourceIds":["an4.258:2.1","an4.258:2.2","an4.258:2.3","an4.258:2.4","an4.258:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāni kānici, bhikkhave, kulāni bhogesu mahattaṁ pattāni ciraṭṭhitikāni bhavanti, sabbāni tāni catūhi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nNaṭṭhaṁ gavesanti, jiṇṇaṁ paṭisaṅkharonti, parimitapānabhojanā honti, sīlavantaṁ itthiṁ vā purisaṁ vā ādhipacce ṭhapenti.\nYāni kānici, bhikkhave, kulāni bhogesu mahattaṁ pattāni ciraṭṭhitikāni bhavanti, sabbāni tāni imehi catūhi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarenā”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"When families do stay wealthy for long, it’s always for one or more of these four reasons.\nWhat four?\nThey look for what’s lost; they repair old things; they eat and drink in moderation; and they put an ethical woman or man in charge.\nWhen families do stay wealthy for long, it’s always for one or more of these four reasons.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.258/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}