{"id":"an4.60","title":"Lay Practice","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.60","title":"Lay Practice","units":[{"id":"an4.60:0","sourceIds":["an4.60:0.1","an4.60:0.2","an4.60:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.60\n6. Puññābhisandavagga\nGihisāmīcisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.60\n6. Overflowing Merit\nLay Practice"}},{"id":"an4.60:1","sourceIds":["an4.60:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:","en":"Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:"}},{"id":"an4.60:2","sourceIds":["an4.60:2.1","an4.60:2.2","an4.60:2.3","an4.60:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catūhi kho, gahapati, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikaṁ.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nIdha, gahapati, ariyasāvako bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti cīvarena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti piṇḍapātena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti senāsanena, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paccupaṭṭhito hoti gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena.\nImehi kho, gahapati, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṁ saggasaṁvattanikanti.","en":"“Householder, when a noble disciple does four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven.\nWhat four?\nIt’s when a noble disciple serves the mendicant Saṅgha with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\nWhen a noble disciple does these four things they are practicing appropriately for a layperson, which brings fame and leads to heaven."}},{"id":"an4.60:3","sourceIds":["an4.60:3.1","an4.60:3.2","an4.60:3.3","an4.60:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṁ,\npaṭipajjanti paṇḍitā;\nSammaggate sīlavante,\ncīvarena upaṭṭhitā.","en":"Those who are astute practice the way\nthat’s appropriate for laypeople.\nThey provide those who are ethical\nand rightly comported with robes,"}},{"id":"an4.60:4","sourceIds":["an4.60:4.1","an4.60:4.2","an4.60:4.3","an4.60:4.4","an4.60:4.5","an4.60:4.6","an4.60:4.7","an4.60:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piṇḍapātasayanena,\nGilānappaccayena ca;\nTesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,\nSadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;\nSaggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṁ,\nKammaṁ katvāna bhaddakan”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nPuññābhisandavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"almsfood, lodgings,\nand supplies for the sick.\nTheir merit always grows\nby day and by night.\nThey pass on to a place in heaven,\nhaving done excellent deeds.”"}},{"id":"an4.60:5","sourceIds":["an4.60:5.0","an4.60:5.1","an4.60:5.2","an4.60:5.3","an4.60:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDve puññābhisandā dve ca,\nsaṁvāsā samajīvino;\nSuppavāsā sudatto ca,\nbhojanaṁ gihisāmicīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.60/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."}