Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.31
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 55.31
4. Puññābhisandavagga
4. Overflowing Merit
Paṭhamapuññābhisandasutta
Overflowing Merit (1st)
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.
Katame cattāro?
What four?
Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.
Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the first kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching …
svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo …pe… paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhīti.
Ayaṁ dutiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the second kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—
Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Saṅgha …
suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti.
Ayaṁ tatiyo puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the third kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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.
Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.
This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā”ti.
These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.”
Paṭhamaṁ.