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Numbered Discourses · AN 1.248–257

  • Numbered Discourses 1.248–257Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

Chapter Six19. Chaṭṭhavagga

“The foremost of my laymen in first going for refuge are the merchants Tapussa and Bhallika.“Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchantānaṁ yadidaṁ tapussabhallikā vāṇijā.

… as a donor is the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika.… Dāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko.

… who speak on the teaching is the householder Citta Macchikāsaṇḍika.… Dhammakathikānaṁ yadidaṁ citto gahapati macchikāsaṇḍiko.

… who attract a congregation by the four ways of being inclusive is Hatthaka of Āḷavī.… Catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi parisaṁ saṅgaṇhantānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthako āḷavako.

… who donate fine things is Mahānāma Sakka.… Paṇītadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ mahānāmo sakko.

… who donate nice things is the householder Ugga of Vesālī.… Manāpadāyakānaṁ yadidaṁ uggo gahapati vesāliko.

… who attend on the Saṅgha is the householder Uggata of Elephant Village.… Saṅghupaṭṭhākānaṁ yadidaṁ hatthigāmako uggato gahapati.

… who have experiential confidence is Sūrambaṭṭha.… Aveccappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ sūrambaṭṭho.

… who have confidence in an individual is Jīvaka Komārabhacca.… Puggalappasannānaṁ yadidaṁ jīvako komārabhacco.

… who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s father.”… Vissāsakānaṁ yadidaṁ nakulapitā gahapatī”ti.

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