4: The Book of the Fours
60. The Layperson's Proper Practice
1 Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ bhagavā etadavoca:
2 "Catūhi kho, gahapati, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṃ saggasaṃvattanikaṃ. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, gahapati, ariyasāvako bhikkhusanghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti cīvarena, bhikkhusanghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti piṇḍapātena, bhikkhusanghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti senāsanena, bhikkhusanghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena. Imehi kho, gahapati, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno hoti yasopaṭilābhiniṃ saggasaṃvattanikanti.
3 Gihisāmīcipaṭipadaṃ,
paṭipajjanti paṇḍitā;
Sammaggate sīlavante,
cīvarena upaṭṭhitā.4 Piṇḍapātasayanena,
Gilānappaccayena ca;
Tesaṃ divā ca ratto ca,
Sadā puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati;
Saggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṃ,
Kammaṃ katvāna bhaddakan"ti.
Dasamaṃ.
Puññābhisandavaggo paṭhamo.
5 Dve puññābhisandā dve ca,
saṃvāsā samajīvino;
Suppavāsā sudatto ca,
bhojanaṃ gihisāmicīti.