Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
II. Nātha Vagga
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
X. The Book of the Tens
II. Protector
Sutta 16
Āhuneyya Suttaɱ
Worthy of Gifts
Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, these ten persons are worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.
What ten?
The Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One;
a paccekabuddha,
the one liberated in both respects,
the one liberated by wisdom,
the body-witness,
the one attained to view,
the one liberated by faith,
the Dhamma-follower,
the faith-follower,
and the clan-joiner.
These ten persons are worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world."
