{"id":"an8.34","title":"A Field","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.34","title":"A Field","units":[{"id":"an8.34:0","sourceIds":["an8.34:0.1","an8.34:0.2","an8.34:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.34\n4. Dānavagga\nKhettasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.34\n4. Giving\nA Field"}},{"id":"an8.34:1","sourceIds":["an8.34:1.1","an8.34:1.2","an8.34:1.3","an8.34:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate, bhikkhave, khette bījaṁ vuttaṁ na mahapphalaṁ hoti na mahassādaṁ na phātiseyyaṁ.\nKathaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate?\nIdha, bhikkhave, khettaṁ unnāmaninnāmi ca hoti, pāsāṇasakkharikañca hoti, ūsarañca hoti, na ca gambhīrasitaṁ hoti, na āyasampannaṁ hoti, na apāyasampannaṁ hoti, na mātikāsampannaṁ hoti, na mariyādasampannaṁ hoti.\nEvaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate, bhikkhave, khette bījaṁ vuttaṁ na mahapphalaṁ hoti na mahassādaṁ na phātiseyyaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, when a field has eight factors a seed sown in it is not very fruitful or rewarding or productive.\nWhat eight factors does it have?\nIt’s when a field has mounds and ditches. It has stones and gravel. It’s salty. It doesn’t have deep furrows. And it’s not equipped with water inlets, water outlets, irrigation channels, and boundaries.\nWhen a field has these eight factors a seed sown in it is not fruitful or rewarding or productive."}},{"id":"an8.34:2","sourceIds":["an8.34:2.1","an8.34:2.2","an8.34:2.3","an8.34:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu dānaṁ dinnaṁ na mahapphalaṁ hoti na mahānisaṁsaṁ na mahājutikaṁ na mahāvipphāraṁ.\nKathaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu?\nIdha, bhikkhave, samaṇabrāhmaṇā micchādiṭṭhikā honti, micchāsaṅkappā, micchāvācā, micchākammantā, micchāājīvā, micchāvāyāmā, micchāsatino, micchāsamādhino.\nEvaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu, bhikkhave, samaṇabrāhmaṇesu dānaṁ dinnaṁ na mahapphalaṁ hoti na mahānisaṁsaṁ na mahājutikaṁ na mahāvipphāraṁ.","en":"In the same way, when an ascetic or brahmin has eight factors a gift given to them is not very fruitful or beneficial or brilliant or bountiful.\nWhat eight factors do they have?\nIt’s when an ascetic or brahmin has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.\nWhen an ascetic or brahmin has these eight factors a gift given to them is not very fruitful or beneficial or brilliant or bountiful."}},{"id":"an8.34:3","sourceIds":["an8.34:3.1","an8.34:3.2","an8.34:3.3","an8.34:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate, bhikkhave, khette bījaṁ vuttaṁ mahapphalaṁ hoti mahassādaṁ phātiseyyaṁ.\nKathaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate?\nIdha, bhikkhave, khettaṁ anunnāmāninnāmi ca hoti, apāsāṇasakkharikañca hoti, anūsarañca hoti, gambhīrasitaṁ hoti, āyasampannaṁ hoti, apāyasampannaṁ hoti, mātikāsampannaṁ hoti, mariyādasampannaṁ hoti.\nEvaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgate, bhikkhave, khette bījaṁ vuttaṁ mahapphalaṁ hoti mahassādaṁ phātiseyyaṁ.","en":"When a field has eight factors a seed sown in it is very fruitful and rewarding and productive.\nWhat eight factors does it have?\nIt’s when a field doesn’t have mounds and ditches. It doesn’t have stones and gravel. It’s not salty. It has deep furrows. And it’s equipped with water inlets, water outlets, irrigation channels, and boundaries.\nWhen a field has these eight factors a seed sown in it is very fruitful and rewarding and productive."}},{"id":"an8.34:4","sourceIds":["an8.34:4.1","an8.34:4.2","an8.34:4.3","an8.34:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu dānaṁ dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ hoti mahānisaṁsaṁ mahājutikaṁ mahāvipphāraṁ.\nKathaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu?\nIdha, bhikkhave, samaṇabrāhmaṇā sammādiṭṭhikā honti, sammāsaṅkappā, sammāvācā, sammākammantā, sammāājīvā, sammāvāyāmā, sammāsatino, sammāsamādhino.\nEvaṁ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatesu, bhikkhave, samaṇabrāhmaṇesu dānaṁ dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ hoti mahānisaṁsaṁ mahājutikaṁ mahāvipphāranti.","en":"In the same way, when an ascetic or brahmin has eight factors a gift given to them is very fruitful and beneficial and brilliant and bountiful.\nWhat eight factors do they have?\nIt’s when an ascetic or brahmin has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.\nWhen an ascetic or brahmin has these eight factors a gift given to them is very fruitful and beneficial and brilliant and bountiful."}},{"id":"an8.34:5","sourceIds":["an8.34:5.1","an8.34:5.2","an8.34:5.3","an8.34:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi khette sampanne,\npavuttā bījasampadā;\nDeve sampādayantamhi,\nhoti dhaññassa sampadā.","en":"When the field is excellent,\nand the seed sown in it is excellent,\nand the rainfall is excellent,\nthe crop of grain will be excellent."}},{"id":"an8.34:6","sourceIds":["an8.34:6.1","an8.34:6.2","an8.34:6.3","an8.34:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anītisampadā hoti,\nvirūḷhī bhavati sampadā;\nVepullasampadā hoti,\nphalaṁ ve hoti sampadā.","en":"The absence of crop loss is excellent,\nits growth is excellent,\nits maturation is excellent,\nand its fruit is excellent."}},{"id":"an8.34:7","sourceIds":["an8.34:7.1","an8.34:7.2","an8.34:7.3","an8.34:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ sampannasīlesu,\ndinnā bhojanasampadā;\nSampadānaṁ upaneti,\nsampannaṁ hissa taṁ kataṁ.","en":"So too, when you give excellent food\nto those of excellent ethics,\nit leads to many excellences,\nfor what you did was excellent."}},{"id":"an8.34:8","sourceIds":["an8.34:8.1","an8.34:8.2","an8.34:8.3","an8.34:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā sampadamākaṅkhī,\nsampannatthūdha puggalo;\nSampannapaññe sevetha,\nevaṁ ijjhanti sampadā.","en":"So if a person wants excellence,\nlet them excel in this.\nYou should frequent those with excellent wisdom,\nso that your own excellence will flourish."}},{"id":"an8.34:9","sourceIds":["an8.34:9.1","an8.34:9.2","an8.34:9.3","an8.34:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vijjācaraṇasampanne,\nladdhā cittassa sampadaṁ;\nKaroti kammasampadaṁ,\nlabhati catthasampadaṁ.","en":"Excelling in knowledge and conduct,\nand having excellence of mind,\nyou perform excellent deeds,\nand gain excellent benefits."}},{"id":"an8.34:10","sourceIds":["an8.34:10.1","an8.34:10.2","an8.34:10.3","an8.34:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lokaṁ ñatvā yathābhūtaṁ,\npappuyya diṭṭhisampadaṁ;\nMaggasampadamāgamma,\nyāti sampannamānaso.","en":"Truly knowing the world,\nand having attained excellence of view,\none who excels in mind proceeds,\nrelying on excellence in the path."}},{"id":"an8.34:11","sourceIds":["an8.34:11.1","an8.34:11.2","an8.34:11.3","an8.34:11.4","an8.34:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Odhunitvā malaṁ sabbaṁ,\npatvā nibbānasampadaṁ;\nMuccati sabbadukkhehi,\nsā hoti sabbasampadā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"Shaking off all stains,\nand attaining the excellence of extinguishment,\nyou’re freed from all sufferings:\nthis is complete excellence.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.34/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."}