Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

32. Sustaining

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1 "Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, sangahavatthūni. Katamāni cattāri? Dānaṃ, peyyavajjaṃ, atthacariyā, samānattatā – imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri sangahavatthūnīti.

2 Dānañca peyyavajjañca,
atthacariyā ca yā idha;
Samānattatā ca dhammesu,
tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;
Ete kho sangahā loke,
rathassāṇīva yāyato.

3 Ete ca sangahā nāssu,
na mātā puttakāraṇā;
Labhetha mānaṃ pūjaṃ vā,
pitā vā puttakāraṇā.

4 Yasmā ca sangahā ete,
samavekkhanti paṇḍitā;
Tasmā mahattaṃ papponti,
pāsaṃsā ca bhavanti te"ti.

Dutiyaṃ.