Dāna-Vatthu Suttaɱ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][pts][olds][bodh] Evaɱ me sutaɱ:|| ||

Ekaɱ samayaɱ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaɱ viharati
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuɱ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

Aṭṭh'imāni bhikkhave, dāna-vatthūni.|| ||

Katamāni aṭṭha?|| ||

2. Chandā dānaɱ deti,||
dosā dānaɱ deti,||
mohā dānaɱ deti,||
bhayā dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Dinna-pubbaɱ kata-pubbaɱ pitu-pitā-mahegi,||
nā arahāmi porāṇaɱ kula-vaɱsaɱ hāpetun' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Imāhaɱ dānaɱ datvā kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiɱ saggaɱ lokaɱ uppajjissāmī' ti dānaɱ deti.|| ||

'Imaɱ me dānaɱ dadato cittaɱ pasīdati,||
[237] atta-manata somanassaɱ upajāyatī' ti dānaɱ deti|| ||

Cittā-laɱkāra-citta-parikkhāratthaɱ dānaɱ deti.|| ||

Imāni kho bhikkhave aṭṭha dāna-vatthūnī ti.|| ||