增支部第 6 集（Sujato 英译）第 37 阅读页 · AN6.37 · A Gift With Six Factors

Numbered Discourses 6.37Numbered Discourses 6.374. Deities4. Deities

A Gift With Six FactorsA Gift With Six FactorsAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.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.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.

The Buddha saw her doing this, with his clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman,The Buddha saw her doing this, with his clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman,and he addressed the mendicants:and he addressed the mendicants:“This Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother, is preparing a religious donation with six factors for the mendicant Saṅgha headed by Sāriputta and Moggallāna.“This Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother, is preparing a religious donation with six factors for the mendicant Saṅgha headed by Sāriputta and Moggallāna.

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

That’s how a religious donation has six factors.That’s how a religious donation has six factors.It’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation by saying thatIt’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.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.

It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.It’s like trying to grasp how much water is in the ocean. It’s not easy to sayIt’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.how 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.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 …In the same way, it’s not easy to grasp the merit of such a six-factored donation …A good mood before giving,A good mood before giving,

confidence while giving,confidence while giving,feeling uplifted after giving:feeling uplifted after giving:this is the perfect sacrifice.this is the perfect sacrifice.

Free of greed, free of hate,Free of greed, free of hate,free of delusion, undefiled;free of delusion, undefiled;this is the field for the perfect sacrifice,this is the field for the perfect sacrifice,

the disciplined spiritual practitioners.the disciplined spiritual practitioners.After rinsing,After rinsing,you give with your own hands.you give with your own hands.

This sacrifice is very fruitfulThis sacrifice is very fruitfulfor both yourself and others.for both yourself and others.When an intelligent, faithful person,When an intelligent, faithful person,

sacrifices like this, with a mind of letting go,sacrifices like this, with a mind of letting go,that astute one is rebornthat astute one is rebornin a happy, pleasing world.”in a happy, pleasing world.”