{"id":"an5.38","title":"Faith","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.38","title":"Faith","units":[{"id":"an5.38:0","sourceIds":["an5.38:0.1","an5.38:0.2","an5.38:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.38\n4. Sumanavagga\nSaddhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.38\n4. With Sumanā\nFaith"}},{"id":"an5.38:1","sourceIds":["an5.38:1.1","an5.38:1.2","an5.38:1.3","an5.38:1.4","an5.38:1.5","an5.38:1.6","an5.38:1.7","an5.38:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, saddhe kulaputte ānisaṁsā.\nKatame pañca?\nYe te, bhikkhave, loke santo sappurisā te saddhaññeva paṭhamaṁ anukampantā anukampanti, no tathā assaddhaṁ;\nsaddhaññeva paṭhamaṁ upasaṅkamantā upasaṅkamanti, no tathā assaddhaṁ;\nsaddhaññeva paṭhamaṁ paṭiggaṇhantā paṭiggaṇhanti, no tathā assaddhaṁ;\nsaddhaññeva paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ desentā desenti, no tathā assaddhaṁ;\nsaddho kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca saddhe kulaputte ānisaṁsā.","en":"“Mendicants, a faithful gentleman gets five benefits.\nWhat five?\nThe true persons in the world show sympathy first to the faithful, not so much to the unfaithful.\nThey first approach the faithful, not so much the unfaithful.\nThey first receive alms from the faithful, not so much the unfaithful.\nThey first teach Dhamma to the faithful, not so much the unfaithful.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, the faithful are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nA faithful gentleman gets these five benefits."}},{"id":"an5.38:2","sourceIds":["an5.38:2.1","an5.38:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, subhūmiyaṁ catumahāpathe mahānigrodho samantā pakkhīnaṁ paṭisaraṇaṁ hoti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saddho kulaputto bahuno janassa paṭisaraṇaṁ hoti bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ upāsakānaṁ upāsikānanti.","en":"Suppose there was a great banyan tree at a level crossroads. It would become a refuge for birds from all around.\nIn the same way, a faithful gentleman becomes a refuge for many people—monks, nuns, laywomen, and laymen."}},{"id":"an5.38:3","sourceIds":["an5.38:3.1","an5.38:3.2","an5.38:3.3","an5.38:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sākhāpattaphalūpeto,\nkhandhimāva mahādumo;\nMūlavā phalasampanno,\npatiṭṭhā hoti pakkhinaṁ.","en":"With its branches, leaves, and fruit,\na great tree with its strong trunk,\nfirmly-rooted and fruit-bearing,\nsupports many birds."}},{"id":"an5.38:4","sourceIds":["an5.38:4.1","an5.38:4.2","an5.38:4.3","an5.38:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Manorame āyatane,\nsevanti naṁ vihaṅgamā;\nChāyaṁ chāyatthikā yanti,\nphalatthā phalabhojino.","en":"It’s a lovely place,\nfrequented by the sky-soarers.\nThose that need shade go in the shade,\nthose that need fruit enjoy the fruit."}},{"id":"an5.38:5","sourceIds":["an5.38:5.1","an5.38:5.2","an5.38:5.3","an5.38:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva sīlasampannaṁ,\nsaddhaṁ purisapuggalaṁ;\nNivātavuttiṁ atthaddhaṁ,\nsorataṁ sakhilaṁ muduṁ.","en":"So too, a faithful individual\nis perfect in ethics,\nplacid in manner and amenable,\ngentle, courteous, and tender."}},{"id":"an5.38:6","sourceIds":["an5.38:6.1","an5.38:6.2","an5.38:6.3","an5.38:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vītarāgā vītadosā,\nvītamohā anāsavā;\nPuññakkhettāni lokasmiṁ,\nsevanti tādisaṁ naraṁ.","en":"Those free of greed, freed of hate,\nfree of delusion, undefiled,\nfields of merit for the world,\nassociate with such a person."}},{"id":"an5.38:7","sourceIds":["an5.38:7.1","an5.38:7.2","an5.38:7.3","an5.38:7.4","an5.38:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te tassa dhammaṁ desenti,\nSabbadukkhāpanūdanaṁ;\nYaṁ so dhammaṁ idhaññāya,\nParinibbāti anāsavo”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"They teach them the Dhamma,\nthat casts aside all suffering.\nHaving understood this teaching,\nthe undefiled one is fully extinguished.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.38/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."}