{"id":"an4.63","title":"Living with Divinity","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.63","title":"Living with Divinity","units":[{"id":"an4.63:0","sourceIds":["an4.63:0.1","an4.63:0.2","an4.63:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.63\n7. Pattakammavagga\nBrahmasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.63\n7. Fitting Deeds\nLiving with Divinity"}},{"id":"an4.63:1","sourceIds":["an4.63:1.1","an4.63:1.2","an4.63:1.3","an4.63:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabrahmakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSapubbācariyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni, yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSapubbadevatāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSāhuneyyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.","en":"“Mendicants, a family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with divinity.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the first tutors.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the elder gods.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with those worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods."}},{"id":"an4.63:2","sourceIds":["an4.63:2.1","an4.63:2.2","an4.63:2.3","an4.63:2.4","an4.63:2.5","an4.63:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Brahmāti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\nPubbācariyāti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\nPubbadevatāti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\nĀhuneyyāti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nBahukārā, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro, puttānaṁ āpādakā posakā imassa lokassa dassetāroti.","en":"‘Divinity’ is a term for your parents.\n‘First tutors’ is a term for your parents.\n‘Elder gods’ is a term for your parents.\n‘Worthy of an offering dedicated to the gods’ is a term for your parents.\nWhy is that?\nParents are very helpful to their children, they raise them, nurture them, and show them the world."}},{"id":"an4.63:3","sourceIds":["an4.63:3.1","an4.63:3.2","an4.63:3.3","an4.63:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Brahmāti mātāpitaro,\npubbācariyāti vuccare;\nĀhuneyyā ca puttānaṁ,\npajāya anukampakā.","en":"Parents are said to be ‘Divinity’\nand ‘first tutors’.\nThey’re worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods from their children,\nfor they love their offspring."}},{"id":"an4.63:4","sourceIds":["an4.63:4.1","an4.63:4.2","an4.63:4.3","an4.63:4.4","an4.63:4.5","an4.63:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi ne namasseyya,\nsakkareyya ca paṇḍito;\nAnnena atha pānena,\nvatthena sayanena ca;\nUcchādanena nhāpanena,\npādānaṁ dhovanena ca.","en":"Therefore an astute person\nwould revere them and honor them\nwith food and drink,\nclothes and bedding,\nby anointing and bathing,\nand by washing their feet."}},{"id":"an4.63:5","sourceIds":["an4.63:5.1","an4.63:5.2","an4.63:5.3","an4.63:5.4","an4.63:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tāya naṁ pāricariyāya,\nmātāpitūsu paṇḍitā;\nIdheva naṁ pasaṁsanti,\npecca sagge pamodatī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"Because they look after\ntheir parents like this,\nthey’re praised in this life by the astute,\nand they depart to rejoice in heaven.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.63/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."}