Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅgasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 142

Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅgasutta

The Analysis of Religious Donations · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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ordinary person·of bad conductPuthujjanadussīle a giftdānaṁ givesdeti—
thisayaṁ thirteenthterasamī individual·personpāṭipuggalikā religious donationdakkhiṇā.
animal·goneTiracchānagate a giftdānaṁ givesdeti—
thisayaṁ fourteenthcuddasamī individual·personpāṭipuggalikā religious donationdakkhiṇāti.

there, Ānanda,Tatrānanda, animal·gonetiracchānagate a giftdānaṁ having givendatvā hundred·timessataguṇā returndakkhiṇā to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhitabbā, ordinary person·unethicalputhujjanadussīle a giftdānaṁ having givendatvā thousand·timessahassaguṇā returndakkhiṇā to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhitabbā, ordinary person·ethicalputhujjanasīlavante a giftdānaṁ having givendatvā hundred·thousand·timessatasahassaguṇā returndakkhiṇā to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhitabbā, to an outsiderbāhirake in sensual pleasureskāmesu free·desirevītarāge a giftdānaṁ having givendatvā ten million·hundred·thousand·timeskoṭisatasahassaguṇā returndakkhiṇā to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhitabbā, stream-entry·fruit·realizationsotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya practicingpaṭipanne a giftdānaṁ having givendatvā not·calculableasaṅkheyyā immeasurableappameyyā returndakkhiṇā to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhitabbā, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of a stream-enterersotāpanne, howko thenpana what to sayvādo once-return·fruit·realizationsakadāgāmiphalasacchikiriyāya practicingpaṭipanne, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of a once-returnersakadāgāmissa, howko thenpana what to sayvādo non-return·fruit·realizationanāgāmiphalasacchikiriyāya practicingpaṭipanne, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of a non-returneranāgāmissa, howko thenpana what to sayvādo perfection·fruit·realizationarahattaphalasacchikiriyāya practicingpaṭipanne, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of a perfected onearahante, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of an independent Buddhapaccekasambuddhe, howko thenpana what to sayvādo of a Realized Onetathāgate a perfected onearahante fully·awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhe.

there will beBhavissanti indeedkho again + Ānandapanānanda, future + timeanāgatamaddhānaṁ clan·having becomegotrabhuno ocher-cloth·wearing around the neckkāsāvakaṇṭhā bad·conductdussīlā evil·naturepāpadhammā.
to thoseTesu bad·conductdussīlesu to the Saṅghasaṅghaṁ in the name ofuddissa a giftdānaṁ they will givedassanti.
then·too + ITadāpāhaṁ, Ānanda,ānanda, Saṅgha·gone tosaṅghagataṁ a religious donationdakkhiṇaṁ not·calculableasaṅkheyyaṁ immeasurableappameyyaṁ I sayvadāmi.
notNa but·indeed + Itvevāhaṁ, Ānanda,ānanda, which·somekenaci waypariyāyena Saṅgha·gone tosaṅghagatāya than a religious donationdakkhiṇāya individual·personalpāṭipuggalikaṁ a giftdānaṁ more fruitfulmahapphalataraṁ I sayvadāmi.

fourCatasso indeedkho theseimā, Ānandaānanda, religious donationdakkhiṇā purificationsvisuddhiyo.
whatKatamā fourcatasso?
be + ĀnandaAtthānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato is purifiedvisujjhati notno by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato.
be + ĀnandaAtthānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato is purifiedvisujjhati notno by the giverdāyakato.
be + ĀnandaAtthānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā not·indeedneva by the giverdāyakato is purifiedvisujjhati notno by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato.
be + ĀnandaAtthānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato and·indeedceva is purifiedvisujjhati by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato andca.

how + and·ĀnandaKathañcānanda, religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato apart·purifyvisujjhati notno by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato?
here + ĀnandaIdhānanda, giverdāyako ishoti ethicalsīlavā good·characterkalyāṇadhammo, recipientspaṭiggāhakā arehonti bad·virtuedussīlā bad·characterpāpadhammā—
thusevaṁ indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato apart·purifyvisujjhati notno by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato.

and how, ĀnandaKathañcānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato apart·purifyvisujjhati notno by the giverdāyakato?
here, ĀnandaIdhānanda, a giverdāyako ishoti bad·conductdussīlo of bad characterpāpadhammo, recipientspaṭiggāhakā arehonti ethicalsīlavanto good·characterkalyāṇadhammā—
thusevaṁ indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato apart·purifyvisujjhati notno by the giverdāyakato.

and how, Ānanda,Kathañcānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā neitherneva by the giverdāyakato is purifiedvisujjhati norno by the recipient?paṭiggāhakato?
here, Ānanda,Idhānanda, the giverdāyako andca ishoti unethicaldussīlo of bad character,pāpadhammo, the recipientspaṭiggāhakā andca arehonti unethicaldussīlā of bad character—pāpadhammā—
thusevaṁ indeed,kho, Ānanda,ānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā neitherneva by the giverdāyakato is purifiedvisujjhati norno by the recipient.paṭiggāhakato.

and how, ĀnandaKathañcānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato andceva apart·purifyvisujjhati by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato and?ca?
here, ĀnandaIdhānanda, a giverdāyako andca ishoti ethicalsīlavā of good characterkalyāṇadhammo, recipientspaṭiggāhakā andca arehonti ethicalsīlavanto of good character—kalyāṇadhammā—
thusevaṁ indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, a religious donationdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato andceva apart·purifyvisujjhati by the recipientpaṭiggāhakato and.ca.
theseImā indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, fourcatasso religious donationsdakkhiṇā ways of purifyingvisuddhiyo”ti.

this + saidIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
thisIdaṁ having saidvatvāna the Holy Onesugato then·furtherathāparaṁ this + saidetadavoca the Teachersatthā:
whoever“Yo ethicalsīlavā bad·virtuedussīlesu givesdadāti a giftdānaṁ,
by the teachingDhammena obtainedladdhaṁ well·trusting·heartsupasannacitto;
fully·trustingAbhisaddahaṁ deed·fruitkammaphalaṁ ampleuḷāraṁ,
thatSā offeringdakkhiṇā by the giverdāyakato thoroughly·purifyvisujjhati.
whoeverYo bad·virtuedussīlo to ethical personssīlavantesu givesdadāti a giftdānaṁ,
not·DhammaAdhammena obtainedladdhaṁ not·trusting·heartappasannacitto;
not·trustingAnabhisaddahaṁ deed·fruitkammaphalaṁ ampleuḷāraṁ,
thatSā offeringdakkhiṇā by the receiverspaṭiggāhakato thoroughly·purifyvisujjhati.
whoeverYo bad·virtuedussīlo bad·virtuedussīlesu givesdadāti a giftdānaṁ,
not·DhammaAdhammena obtainedladdhaṁ not·trusting·heartappasannacitto;
not·trustingAnabhisaddahaṁ deed·fruitkammaphalaṁ ampleuḷāraṁ,
notNa thattaṁ giftdānaṁ ample·fruitvipulapphalanti I declarebrūmi.
whoeverYo ethicalsīlavā to ethical personssīlavantesu givesdadāti a giftdānaṁ,
by the teachingDhammena obtainedladdhaṁ well·trusting·heartsupasannacitto;
fully·trustingAbhisaddahaṁ deed·fruitkammaphalaṁ ampleuḷāraṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedve giftdānaṁ ample·fruitvipulapphalanti I declarebrūmi.
whoeverYo free from·passionvītarāgo free from·passionvītarāgesu givesdadāti a giftdānaṁ,
by the teachingDhammena obtainedladdhaṁ well·trusting·heartsupasannacitto;
fully·trustingAbhisaddahaṁ deed·fruitkammaphalaṁ ampleuḷāraṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedve giftdānaṁ of material gifts the bestāmisadānānamaggan”ti.
Donation·Analysis·discourseDakkhiṇāvibhaṅgasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ the twelfthdvādasamaṁ.
Analysis·chapterVibhaṅgavaggo finishedniṭṭhito the fourthcatuttho.

its·summaryTassuddānaṁ
Bhaddeka, Ananda, KaccanaBhaddekānandakaccāna,
Lomasakangiya, SubhaLomasakaṅgiyāsubho;
the Great Kamma, the Sixfold Base, the AnalysisMahākammasaḷāyatanavibhaṅgā,
the Exposition, the Non-conflictUddesaaraṇā elementdhātu truthsaccaṁ.
the Discourse on the Analysis of Religious DonationsDakkhiṇāvibhaṅgasuttanti.

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