The Benefits of Love · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
do not“Mā,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
of good deedspuññānaṁ
fearbhāyittha.
for this is a term for happinessSukhassetaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
a termadhivacanaṁ
for what is likableiṭṭhassa
for what is desirablekantassa
for what is agreeablepiyassa
for what is pleasingmanāpassa
that isyadidaṁ
good deedspuññāni.
I recallAbhijānāmi
indeedkho
and Ipanāhaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
for a long timedīgharattaṁ
of performedkatānaṁ
of good deedspuññānaṁ
likableiṭṭhaṁ
desirablekantaṁ
agreeablepiyaṁ
pleasingmanāpaṁ
resultvipākaṁ
undergonepaccanubhūtaṁ.
sevenSatta
yearsvassāni
a mind of lovemettacittaṁ
having developedbhāvetvā
sevensatta
eons of the cosmos contracting and expandingsaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe
I did not return again to thisnayimaṁ
worldlokaṁ
I came againpunarāgamāsiṁ.
while contractingSaṁvaṭṭamāne
thensudaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
in the eonkappe
gone to the realm of sublime luminosityābhassarūpago
I amhomi;
while expandingvivaṭṭamāne
in the eonkappe
emptysuññaṁ
mansion of divinitybrahmavimānaṁ
I am rebornupapajjāmi.
thereTatra
indeedsudaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Brahmabrahmā
I amhomi
Great Brahmamahābrahmā
vanquisherabhibhū
unvanquishedanabhibhūto
universal seeraññadatthudaso
wielder of powervasavattī.
thirty-six timesChattiṁsakkhattuṁ
indeedkho
and Ipanāhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Sakkasakko
I wasahosiṁ
lord of godsdevānamindo;
many hundreds of timesanekasatakkhattuṁ
kingrājā
I wasahosiṁ
wheel-turning monarchcakkavattī
righteousdhammiko
just kingdhammarājā
whose dominion extended to all four sidescāturanto
victoriousvijitāvī
achieved stability in the countryjanapadatthāvariyappatto
possessed of the seven treasuressattaratanasamannāgato.
whatKo
thenpana
to be saidvādo
of regional kingshippadesarajjassa.
of thatTassa
to memayhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
this occurredetadahosi:
of what‘kissa
thennu
indeedkho
of mineme
thisidaṁ
of deedkammassa
the fruitphalaṁ,
of whatkissa
of deedkammassa
the resultvipāko,
whereby Iyenāhaṁ
nowetarahi
of such great powerevaṁmahiddhiko
of such great majestyevaṁmahānubhāvo’ti?
of thatTassa
to memayhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
this occurredetadahosi:
of three‘tiṇṇaṁ
indeedkho
of mineme
thisidaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
the fruitphalaṁ,
of threetiṇṇaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
the resultvipāko,
whereby Iyenāhaṁ
nowetarahi
of such great powerevaṁmahiddhiko
of such great majestyevaṁmahānubhāvoti,
that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
of givingdānassa,
of self-controldamassa,
of restraintsaññamassā’”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
good deeds indeed“Puññameva
heso
should practicesikkheyya,
whose outcome stretches aheadāyataggaṁ
happy outcomesukhudrayaṁ;
and givingDānañca
and moral conductsamacariyañca,
and a mind of lovemettacittañca
developingbhāvaye.
theseEte
thingsdhamme
having developedbhāvayitvā,
threetayo
yielding happinesssukhasamuddaye;
pleasingAbyāpajjaṁ
happysukhaṁ
worldlokaṁ,
astute onepaṇḍito
is rebornupapajjatī”ti.
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
the secondDutiyaṁ.
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