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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.59

  • Numbered Discourses 4.59Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.59
  • 6. Overflowing Merit6. Puññābhisandavagga

FoodBhojanasutta

“Mendicants, when a donor gives food, they give the recipients four things.“Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti. What four?Katamāni cattāri? Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. …”Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti.

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