10: The Book of the Tens
16. Worthy of Gifts
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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1 These ten individuals, O bhikkhus, are worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverence, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world. Which ten?
2 The Tathagata, the Arahant, the Supremely Awakened One, the paccekabuddha, the both ways liberated, the wisdom liberated, the body witness, the view attainer, the faith liberated, the dhamma follower, the faith follower, the lineage destroyer.
3 “These, O bhikkhus, are the ten individuals, worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverence, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.”
1 dasa ime bhikkhave puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā dakkhiṇeyyā añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassa. katame dasa:
2 tathāgato arahaṃ sammāsambuddho, paccekabuddho, ubhatobhāga vimutto, paññāvimutto, kāyasakkhī, diṭṭhippatto, saddhāvimutto, dhammānusārī, saddhānusārī, gotrabhū.
3 ime kho bhikkhave dasa puggalā āhuneyyā pāhuneyyā, dakkhiṇeyyā, añjalikaraṇīyā anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassāti.