Overflowing Merit (3rd)

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.What four?It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario …the teaching …the 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 …

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā, kusalābhisandā, sukhassāhārā. Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti. Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro. Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe… saṅghe …pe….

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā, kusalābhisandā, sukhassāhārā. What four?Katame cattāro? It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti. Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro. the teaching …Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe… the Saṅgha …saṅghe …pe….

Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā. Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.

Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā. This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro. These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.

When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying thatthis is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.

When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying thatImehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ: this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.‘ettako puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro’ti. It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.

That is what the Buddha said.Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

Idamavoca bhagavā …pe… satthā:

That is what the Buddha said.Idamavoca bhagavā …pe… Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:satthā: