Grounds for Making Merit · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + perfectedvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
these three“Tīṇimāni,
monasticsbhikkhave,
grounds for making meritpuññakiriyavatthūni.
whatKatamāni
three?tīṇi?
giving·consisting ofDānamayaṁ
ground for making meritpuññakiriyavatthu,
virtue·consisting ofsīlamayaṁ
ground for making meritpuññakiriyavatthu,
meditation·consisting ofbhāvanāmayaṁ
ground for making meritpuññakiriyavatthu—
theseimāni
indeedkho,
monasticsbhikkhave,
threetīṇi
merit·action·grounds + quotation markerpuññakiriyavatthūnī”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there·thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
it is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, there are these three grounds for making merit. What three? Giving, ethical conduct, and meditation are all grounds for making merit. These are the three grounds for making merit.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
only merit“Puññameva
oneso
should practicesikkheyya,
stretching aheadāyataggaṁ
whose happy outcomesukhudrayaṁ;
and givingDānañca
and moral conductsamacariyañca,
and a mind of lovemettacittañca
should developbhāvaye.
“One should practice only good deeds, whose happy outcome stretches ahead. Giving and moral conduct, developing a mind of love:
theseEte
thingsdhamme
having developedbhāvayitvā,
threetayo
yielding happinesssukhasamuddaye;
pleasingAbyābajjhaṁ
happysukhaṁ
worldlokaṁ,
astute onepaṇḍito
is rebornupapajjatī”ti.
having developed these three things yielding happiness, that astute one is reborn in a happy, pleasing world.”
this·tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heard; thatsutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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