Paṭhamapuññābhisandasutta
The four factors of stream-entry—with ethics as the fourth—are streams of merit.
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4. Puññābhisandavagga
4. Overflowing Merit
Paṭhamapuññābhisandasutta
Overflowing Merit (1st)
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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
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“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.
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Katame cattāro?
What four?
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Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
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itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.
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Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the first kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching …
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svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo …pe… paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhīti.
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Ayaṁ dutiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the second kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Saṅgha …
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suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti.
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Ayaṁ tatiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the third kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.
Furthermore, a noble disciple’s ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion.
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Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā”ti.
These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.”
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Paṭhamaṁ.
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