Tatiyaabhisandasutta
The four factors of stream-entry—with wisdom as the fourth—are streams of merit, and like the ocean cannot be counted. With verses.
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Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.43
Linked Discourses 55.43
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5. Sagāthakapuññābhisandavagga
5. Overflowing Merit, With Verses
Tatiyaabhisandasutta
Overflowing Merit (3rd)
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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—
It’s when 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.
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Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…
the teaching …
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saṅghe …pe….
the Saṅgha …
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Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.
Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.
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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.
These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.
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Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ:
When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying that
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‘ettako puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro’ti.
this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.
It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”
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Idamavoca bhagavā …pe…
That is what the Buddha said.
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satthā:
Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
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“Yo puññakāmo kusale patiṭṭhito,
“One who desires merit, grounded in the skillful,
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Bhāveti maggaṁ amatassa pattiyā;
develops the path to realize freedom from death.
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So dhammasārādhigamo khaye rato,
Once they’ve reached the heart of the teaching,
delighting in ending, - 5.4
Na vedhati maccurājāgamanasmin”ti.
they don’t tremble at the approach
of the King of Death.” - 5.5
Tatiyaṁ.
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