{"id":"sn1.32","title":"Stinginess","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.32","title":"Stinginess","units":[{"id":"sn1.32:0","sourceIds":["sn1.32:0.1","sn1.32:0.2","sn1.32:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.32\n4. Satullapakāyikavagga\nMaccharisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.32\n4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities\nStinginess"}},{"id":"sn1.32:1","sourceIds":["sn1.32:1.1","sn1.32:1.2","sn1.32:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of a hundred felicities, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side.\nStanding to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:2","sourceIds":["sn1.32:2.1","sn1.32:2.2","sn1.32:2.3","sn1.32:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Maccherā ca pamādā ca,\nevaṁ dānaṁ na dīyati;\nPuññaṁ ākaṅkhamānena,\ndeyyaṁ hoti vijānatā”ti.","en":"“Because of stinginess and negligence\na gift is not given.\nWanting merit,\na smart person would give.”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:3","sourceIds":["sn1.32:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:4","sourceIds":["sn1.32:4.1","sn1.32:4.2","sn1.32:4.3","sn1.32:4.4","sn1.32:4.5","sn1.32:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yasseva bhīto na dadāti maccharī,\nTadevādadato bhayaṁ;\nJighacchā ca pipāsā ca,\nYassa bhāyati maccharī;\nTameva bālaṁ phusati,\nAsmiṁ loke paramhi ca.","en":"“When a miser fails to give because of fear,\nthe very thing they’re afraid of comes to pass.\nThe hunger and thirst\nthat a miser fears\nhurt the fool\nin this world and the next."}},{"id":"sn1.32:5","sourceIds":["sn1.32:5.1","sn1.32:5.2","sn1.32:5.3","sn1.32:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā vineyya maccheraṁ,\ndajjā dānaṁ malābhibhū;\nPuññāni paralokasmiṁ,\npatiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan”ti.","en":"So you should dispel stinginess,\novercoming that stain, and give a gift.\nThe good deeds of sentient beings\nsupport them in the next world.”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:6","sourceIds":["sn1.32:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:7","sourceIds":["sn1.32:7.1","sn1.32:7.2","sn1.32:7.3","sn1.32:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Te matesu na mīyanti,\npanthānaṁva sahabbajaṁ;\nAppasmiṁ ye pavecchanti,\nesa dhammo sanantano.","en":"“Among the dead they do not die,\nthose who, like fellow travelers on the road,\nare happy to provide, though they have but little.\nThis is an ancient teaching."}},{"id":"sn1.32:8","sourceIds":["sn1.32:8.1","sn1.32:8.2","sn1.32:8.3","sn1.32:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appasmeke pavecchanti,\nbahuneke na dicchare;\nAppasmā dakkhiṇā dinnā,\nsahassena samaṁ mitā”ti.","en":"Some who have little are happy to provide,\nwhile some who have much don’t wish to give.\nAn offering given from little\nis multiplied a thousand times.”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:9","sourceIds":["sn1.32:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:10","sourceIds":["sn1.32:10.1","sn1.32:10.2","sn1.32:10.3","sn1.32:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Duddadaṁ dadamānānaṁ,\ndukkaraṁ kamma kubbataṁ;\nAsanto nānukubbanti,\nsataṁ dhammo duranvayo.","en":"“Giving what’s hard to give,\ndoing what’s hard to do;\nthe wicked don’t act like this,\nfor the teaching of the good is hard to follow."}},{"id":"sn1.32:11","sourceIds":["sn1.32:11.1","sn1.32:11.2","sn1.32:11.3","sn1.32:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā satañca asataṁ,\nnānā hoti ito gati;\nAsanto nirayaṁ yanti,\nsanto saggaparāyanā”ti.","en":"That’s why the virtuous and the wicked\nhave different destinations after here.\nThe wicked go to hell,\nwhile the virtuous are bound for heaven.”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:12","sourceIds":["sn1.32:12.1","sn1.32:12.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike etadavoca:\n“kassa nu kho, bhagavā, subhāsitan”ti?","en":"Then another deity said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, who has spoken well?”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:13","sourceIds":["sn1.32:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbāsaṁ vo subhāsitaṁ pariyāyena; api ca mamapi suṇātha—","en":"“You’ve all spoken well in your own way. However, listen to me also:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:14","sourceIds":["sn1.32:14.1","sn1.32:14.2","sn1.32:14.3","sn1.32:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammaṁ care yopi samuñjakaṁ care,\nDārañca posaṁ dadamappakasmiṁ;\nSataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,\nKalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”ti.","en":"A hundred thousand people making a thousand sacrifices\nisn’t worth a fraction of that sort,\nwho lives rightly, wandering for gleanings,\nor one who supports their partner with what little they have.”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:15","sourceIds":["sn1.32:15.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then another deity addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn1.32:16","sourceIds":["sn1.32:16.1","sn1.32:16.2","sn1.32:16.3","sn1.32:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kenesa yañño vipulo mahaggato,\nSamena dinnassa na agghameti;\nKathaṁ sataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,\nKalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”ti.","en":"“Why doesn’t that sacrifice of theirs, so abundant and magnificent,\nequal the value of a moral person’s gift?\nHow is it that a hundred thousand people  making a thousand sacrifices\nisn’t worth a fraction of what’s offered by that sort?”"}},{"id":"sn1.32:17","sourceIds":["sn1.32:17.1","sn1.32:17.2","sn1.32:17.3","sn1.32:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dadanti heke visame niviṭṭhā,\nChetvā vadhitvā atha socayitvā;\nSā dakkhiṇā assumukhā sadaṇḍā,\nSamena dinnassa na agghameti.","en":"“Some give based on immorality—\nafter slaying, killing, and tormenting.\nSuch an offering—tearful, violent—\nin no way equals the value of a moral person’s gift."}},{"id":"sn1.32:18","sourceIds":["sn1.32:18.1","sn1.32:18.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ sataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,\nKalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”ti.","en":"That’s how it is that a hundred thousand people  making a thousand sacrifices\nisn’t worth a fraction of what’s offered by that sort.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.32/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."}