{"id":"an5.41","title":"Getting Rich","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.41","title":"Getting Rich","units":[{"id":"an5.41:0","sourceIds":["an5.41:0.1","an5.41:0.2","an5.41:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.41\n5. Muṇḍarājavagga\nĀdiyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.41\n5. With King Muṇḍa\nGetting Rich"}},{"id":"an5.41:1","sourceIds":["an5.41:1.1","an5.41:1.2","an5.41:1.3","an5.41:1.4","an5.41:1.5","an5.41:1.6","an5.41:1.7","an5.41:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“pañcime, gahapati, bhogānaṁ ādiyā.\nKatame pañca?\nIdha, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi attānaṁ sukheti pīṇeti sammā sukhaṁ pariharati;\nmātāpitaro sukheti pīṇeti sammā sukhaṁ pariharati;\nputtadāradāsakammakaraporise sukheti pīṇeti sammā sukhaṁ pariharati.\nAyaṁ paṭhamo bhogānaṁ ādiyo.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:\n“Householder, there are these five reasons to get rich.\nWhat five?\nFirstly, with his legitimate wealth—earned by his efforts and initiative, built up with his own hands, gathered by the sweat of the brow—a noble disciple makes himself happy and pleased, keeping himself properly happy.\nHe makes his mother and father happy …\nHe makes his children, partners, bondservants, workers, and staff happy …\nThis is the first reason to get rich."}},{"id":"an5.41:2","sourceIds":["an5.41:2.1","an5.41:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi mittāmacce sukheti pīṇeti sammā sukhaṁ pariharati.\nAyaṁ dutiyo bhogānaṁ ādiyo.","en":"Furthermore, with his legitimate wealth he makes his friends and colleagues happy …\nThis is the second reason to get rich."}},{"id":"an5.41:3","sourceIds":["an5.41:3.1","an5.41:3.2","an5.41:3.3","an5.41:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi yā tā honti āpadā—\naggito vā udakato vā rājato vā corato vā appiyato vā dāyādato—\ntathārūpāsu āpadāsu bhogehi pariyodhāya vattati, sotthiṁ attānaṁ karoti.\nAyaṁ tatiyo bhogānaṁ ādiyo.","en":"Furthermore, with his legitimate wealth he protects himself against losses from such things as fire, water, kings, bandits, or unloved heirs.\nHe keeps himself safe.\nThis is the third reason to get rich."}},{"id":"an5.41:4","sourceIds":["an5.41:4.1","an5.41:4.2","an5.41:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi pañcabaliṁ kattā hoti.\nÑātibaliṁ, atithibaliṁ, pubbapetabaliṁ, rājabaliṁ, devatābaliṁ—\nayaṁ catuttho bhogānaṁ ādiyo.","en":"Furthermore, with his legitimate wealth he makes five spirit-offerings:\nto relatives, guests, ancestors, king, and deities.\nThis is the fourth reason to get rich."}},{"id":"an5.41:5","sourceIds":["an5.41:5.1","an5.41:5.2","an5.41:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriyādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sedāvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā madappamādā paṭiviratā khantisoracce niviṭṭhā ekamattānaṁ damenti ekamattānaṁ samenti ekamattānaṁ parinibbāpenti, tathārūpesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu uddhaggikaṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpeti sovaggikaṁ sukhavipākaṁ saggasaṁvattanikaṁ.\nAyaṁ pañcamo bhogānaṁ ādiyo.\nIme kho, gahapati, pañca bhogānaṁ ādiyā.","en":"Furthermore, with his legitimate wealth he establishes an uplifting religious donation for ascetics and brahmins—those who refrain from intoxication and negligence, are settled in patience and gentleness, and who tame, calm, and extinguish themselves—that’s conducive to heaven, ripens in happiness, and leads to heaven.\nThis is the fifth reason to get rich.\nThese are the five reasons to get rich."}},{"id":"an5.41:6","sourceIds":["an5.41:6.1","an5.41:6.2","an5.41:6.3","an5.41:6.4","an5.41:6.5","an5.41:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa ce, gahapati, ariyasāvakassa ime pañca bhogānaṁ ādiye ādiyato bhogā parikkhayaṁ gacchanti, tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘ye vata bhogānaṁ ādiyā te cāhaṁ ādiyāmi bhogā ca me parikkhayaṁ gacchantī’ti.\nItissa hoti avippaṭisāro.\nTassa ce, gahapati, ariyasāvakassa ime pañca bhogānaṁ ādiye ādiyato bhogā abhivaḍḍhanti, tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘ye vata bhogānaṁ ādiyā te cāhaṁ ādiyāmi bhogā ca me abhivaḍḍhantī’ti.\nItissa hoti ubhayeneva avippaṭisāroti.","en":"Now if the riches a noble disciple gets for these five reasons run out, he thinks:\n‘So, the riches I have obtained for these reasons are running out.’\nAnd so he has no regrets.\nBut if the riches a noble disciple gets for these five reasons increase, he thinks:\n‘So, the riches I have obtained for these reasons are increasing.’\nAnd so he has no regrets in both cases."}},{"id":"an5.41:7","sourceIds":["an5.41:7.1","an5.41:7.2","an5.41:7.3","an5.41:7.4","an5.41:7.5","an5.41:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhuttā bhogā bhatā bhaccā,\nvitiṇṇā āpadāsu me;\nUddhaggā dakkhiṇā dinnā,\natho pañcabalīkatā;\nUpaṭṭhitā sīlavanto,\nsaññatā brahmacārayo.","en":"‘I’ve enjoyed my wealth, supporting those who depend on me;\nI’ve overcome losses;\nI’ve given uplifting religious donations;\nand made the five spirit-offerings.\nI have looked after the ethical and\ndisciplined spiritual practitioners."}},{"id":"an5.41:8","sourceIds":["an5.41:8.1","an5.41:8.2","an5.41:8.3","an5.41:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadatthaṁ bhogaṁ iccheyya,\npaṇḍito gharamāvasaṁ;\nSo me attho anuppatto,\nkataṁ ananutāpiyaṁ.","en":"I’ve achieved the goal\nfor which an astute layperson\nwishes to gain wealth.\nI don’t regret what I’ve done.’"}},{"id":"an5.41:9","sourceIds":["an5.41:9.1","an5.41:9.2","an5.41:9.3","an5.41:9.4","an5.41:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ anussaraṁ macco,\nariyadhamme ṭhito naro;\nIdheva naṁ pasaṁsanti,\npecca sagge pamodatī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"A mortal man who recollects this\nstands firm in the teaching of the noble ones.\nThey’re praised in this life by the astute,\nand they depart to rejoice in heaven.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.41/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."}