{"id":"an4.62","title":"Debtlessness","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.62","title":"Debtlessness","units":[{"id":"an4.62:0","sourceIds":["an4.62:0.1","an4.62:0.2","an4.62:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.62\n7. Pattakammavagga\nĀnaṇyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.62\n7. Fitting Deeds\nDebtlessness"}},{"id":"an4.62:1","sourceIds":["an4.62:1.1"],"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":"an4.62:2","sourceIds":["an4.62:2.1","an4.62:2.2","an4.62:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārimāni, gahapati, sukhāni adhigamanīyāni gihinā kāmabhoginā kālena kālaṁ samayena samayaṁ upādāya.\nKatamāni cattāri?\nAtthisukhaṁ, bhogasukhaṁ, ānaṇyasukhaṁ, anavajjasukhaṁ.","en":"“Householder, these four kinds of happiness can be earned by a layperson who enjoys sensual pleasures, depending on time and occasion.\nWhat four?\nThe happiness of ownership, using wealth, debtlessness, and blamelessness."}},{"id":"an4.62:3","sourceIds":["an4.62:3.1","an4.62:3.2","an4.62:3.3","an4.62:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, gahapati, atthisukhaṁ?\nIdha, gahapati, kulaputtassa bhogā honti uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatā bāhābalaparicitā sedāvakkhittā dhammikā dhammaladdhā.\nSo ‘bhogā me atthi uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatā bāhābalaparicitā sedāvakkhittā dhammikā dhammaladdhā’ti adhigacchati sukhaṁ, adhigacchati somanassaṁ.\nIdaṁ vuccati, gahapati, atthisukhaṁ.","en":"And what is the happiness of ownership?\nIt’s when a gentleman owns legitimate wealth that he has earned by his own efforts and initiative, built up with his own hands, gathered by the sweat of the brow.\nWhen he reflects on this, he’s filled with pleasure and happiness.\nThis is called ‘the happiness of ownership’."}},{"id":"an4.62:4","sourceIds":["an4.62:4.1","an4.62:4.2","an4.62:4.3","an4.62:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, gahapati, bhogasukhaṁ?\nIdha, gahapati, kulaputto uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi paribhuñjati puññāni ca karoti.\nSo ‘uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi paribhuñjāmi puññāni ca karomī’ti adhigacchati sukhaṁ, adhigacchati somanassaṁ.\nIdaṁ vuccati, gahapati, bhogasukhaṁ.","en":"And what is the happiness of using wealth?\nIt’s when a gentleman uses his legitimate wealth, and makes merit with it.\nWhen he reflects on this, he’s filled with pleasure and happiness.\nThis is called ‘the happiness of using wealth’."}},{"id":"an4.62:5","sourceIds":["an4.62:5.1","an4.62:5.2","an4.62:5.3","an4.62:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṁ?\nIdha, gahapati, kulaputto na kassaci kiñci dhāreti appaṁ vā bahuṁ vā.\nSo ‘na kassaci kiñci dhāremi appaṁ vā bahuṁ vā’ti adhigacchati sukhaṁ, adhigacchati somanassaṁ.\nIdaṁ vuccati, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṁ.","en":"And what is the happiness of debtlessness?\nIt’s when a gentleman owes no debt, large or small, to anyone.\nWhen he reflects on this, he’s filled with pleasure and happiness.\nThis is called ‘the happiness of debtlessness’."}},{"id":"an4.62:6","sourceIds":["an4.62:6.1","an4.62:6.2","an4.62:6.3","an4.62:6.4","an4.62:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, gahapati, anavajjasukhaṁ?\nIdha, gahapati, ariyasāvako anavajjena kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena manokammena samannāgato hoti.\nSo ‘anavajjenamhi kāyakammena samannāgato, anavajjena vacīkammena samannāgato, anavajjena manokammena samannāgato’ti adhigacchati sukhaṁ, adhigacchati somanassaṁ.\nIdaṁ vuccati, gahapati, anavajjasukhaṁ.\nImāni kho, gahapati, cattāri sukhāni adhigamanīyāni gihinā kāmabhoginā kālena kālaṁ samayena samayaṁ upādāyāti.","en":"And what is the happiness of blamelessness?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has blameless conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.\nWhen he reflects on this, he’s filled with pleasure and happiness.\nThis is called ‘the happiness of blamelessness’.\nThese four kinds of happiness can be earned by a layperson who enjoys sensual pleasures, depending on time and occasion."}},{"id":"an4.62:7","sourceIds":["an4.62:7.1","an4.62:7.2","an4.62:7.3","an4.62:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ānaṇyasukhaṁ ñatvāna,\nAtho atthisukhaṁ paraṁ;\nBhuñjaṁ bhogasukhaṁ macco,\nTato paññā vipassati.","en":"Knowing the happiness of debtlessness,\nand the extra happiness of possession,\na mortal enjoying the happiness of using wealth,\nthen discerns clearly with wisdom."}},{"id":"an4.62:8","sourceIds":["an4.62:8.1","an4.62:8.2","an4.62:8.3","an4.62:8.4","an4.62:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassamāno jānāti,\nubho bhoge sumedhaso;\nAnavajjasukhassetaṁ,\nkalaṁ nāgghati soḷasin”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"Discerning clearly, a clever person knows\nboth kinds of happiness:\nthe other kind is not worth a sixteenth part\nof the happiness of blamelessness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.62/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."}