Aṇguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
IV. Sumanā Vagga
Sutta 37
Bhojana Sutta
A Meal
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
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[1][pts][olds][bodh] "In giving a meal, the donor gives five things to the recipient.
Which five?
He/she gives life, beauty, happiness, strength, and quick-wittedness.
Having given life, he/she has a share in long life, either human or divine.
Having given beauty, he/she has a share in beauty, either human or divine.
Having given happiness, he/she has a share in happiness, either human or divine.
Having given strength, he/she has a share in strength, either human or divine.
Having given quick-wittedness, he/she has a share in quick-wittedness, either human or divine.
In giving a meal, the donor gives these five things to the recipient."
The enlightened person giving life, strength,
beauty, quick-wittedness --
the intelligent person, a giver of happiness --
attains happiness himself.
Having given life, strength, beauty,
happiness, and quick-wittedness,
he has long life and status
wherever he arises.
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