A Gift With Six Factors

Now at that time Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother, was preparing a religious donation with six factors for the mendicant SaṅghaSaṅghaEste término denota tanto: la «comunidad monástica» (comunidades de monjes y monjas budistas) en quienes los seguidores laicos toman refugio; como aquellos seguidores del Buddha, laicos u ordenados, que han alcanzado al menos la entrada en la corriente (ver sotāpanna), el primero de los senderos transcendentes (ver magga) que culmina en nibbāna. Recientemente en EE.UU., el término «sangha» se ha transformado para significar el sentido más amplio de «comunidad de seguidores en el sendero budista», aunque este uso no tiene base en el canon pali. El término parisā se usa en este sentido más amplio en los textos tempranos.Ver en el glosario headed by Sāriputta and Moggallāna.The Buddha saw her doing this, with his clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman,and he addressed the mendicants:

Tena kho pana samayena veḷukaṇḍakī nandamātā upāsikā sāriputtamoggallānappamukhe bhikkhusaṅghe chaḷaṅgasamannāgataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpeti. Addasā kho bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena veḷukaṇḍakiṁ nandamātaraṁ upāsikaṁ sāriputtamoggallānappamukhe bhikkhusaṅghe chaḷaṅgasamannāgataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpentiṁ. Disvā bhikkhū āmantesi:

Now at that time Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother, was preparing a religious donation with six factors for the mendicant Saṅgha headed by Sāriputta and Moggallāna.Tena kho pana samayena veḷukaṇḍakī nandamātā upāsikā sāriputtamoggallānappamukhe bhikkhusaṅghe chaḷaṅgasamannāgataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpeti. The Buddha saw her doing this, with his clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman,Addasā kho bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena veḷukaṇḍakiṁ nandamātaraṁ upāsikaṁ sāriputtamoggallānappamukhe bhikkhusaṅghe chaḷaṅgasamannāgataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpentiṁ. and he addressed the mendicants:Disvā bhikkhū āmantesi:

And how does a religious donation have six factors?Three factors apply to the donor and three to the recipients.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, chaḷaṅgasamannāgatā dakkhiṇā hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni honti, paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni.

And how does a religious donation have six factors?Kathañca, bhikkhave, chaḷaṅgasamannāgatā dakkhiṇā hoti? Three factors apply to the donor and three to the recipients.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni honti, paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni.

What three factors apply to the donor?It’s when a donor is in a good mood before giving, while giving they feel confident, and after giving they’re uplifted.These three factors apply to the donor.

Katamāni dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni? Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako pubbeva dānā sumano hoti, dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeti, datvā attamano hoti. Imāni dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni.

What three factors apply to the donor?Katamāni dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni? It’s when a donor is in a good mood before giving, while giving they feel confident, and after giving they’re uplifted.Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako pubbeva dānā sumano hoti, dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeti, datvā attamano hoti. These three factors apply to the donor.Imāni dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni.

What three factors apply to the recipients?It’s when the recipients are free of greed, hate, and delusion, or practicing to be free of them.These three factors apply to the recipients.

Katamāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni? Idha, bhikkhave, paṭiggāhakā vītarāgā vā honti rāgavinayāya vā paṭipannā, vītadosā vā honti dosavinayāya vā paṭipannā, vītamohā vā honti mohavinayāya vā paṭipannā. Imāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni.

What three factors apply to the recipients?Katamāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni? It’s when the recipients are free of greed, hate, and delusion, or practicing to be free of them.Idha, bhikkhave, paṭiggāhakā vītarāgā vā honti rāgavinayāya vā paṭipannā, vītadosā vā honti dosavinayāya vā paṭipannā, vītamohā vā honti mohavinayāya vā paṭipannā. These three factors apply to the recipients.Imāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni.

Thus three factors apply to the donor and three to the recipients.That’s how a religious donation has six factors.

Iti dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni, paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, chaḷaṅgasamannāgatā dakkhiṇā hoti.

Thus three factors apply to the donor and three to the recipients.Iti dāyakassa tīṇaṅgāni, paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇaṅgāni. That’s how a religious donation has six factors.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, chaḷaṅgasamannāgatā dakkhiṇā hoti.

It’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation by saying thatthis is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness and is conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. And it leads to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness.It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.

Evaṁ chaḷaṅgasamannāgatāya, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. *asaṅkhyeyyo → asaṅkheyyo (bj, sya-all, km); asaṅkheyyo (pts1ed)

It’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation by saying thatEvaṁ chaḷaṅgasamannāgatāya, bhikkhave, dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness and is conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. And it leads to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness.‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. *asaṅkhyeyyo → asaṅkheyyo (bj, sya-all, km); asaṅkheyyo (pts1ed)

It’s like trying to grasp how much water is in the ocean. It’s not easy to sayhow many gallons, how many hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of gallons there are.It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of water.In the same way, it’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation …

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde na sukaraṁ udakassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettakāni udakāḷhakānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasatānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasahassānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasatasahassānī’ti vā. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāudakakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, evaṁ chaḷaṅgasamannāgatāya dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchatī”ti.

It’s like trying to grasp how much water is in the ocean. It’s not easy to saySeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde na sukaraṁ udakassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: how many gallons, how many hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of gallons there are.‘ettakāni udakāḷhakānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasatānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasahassānīti vā ettakāni udakāḷhakasatasahassānī’ti vā. It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of water.Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāudakakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. In the same way, it’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation …Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, evaṁ chaḷaṅgasamannāgatāya dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchatī”ti.